/* PrinterIOException.java -- The print job encountered an I/O error
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package java.awt.print;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * This exception is thrown when the print job encounters an I/O problem
 * of some kind.
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>
 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public class PrinterIOException extends PrinterException
{
  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.2+.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 5850870712125932846L;

  /**
   * The exception that caused this (duplicates Throwable).
   *
   * @serial the I/O exception that terminated the job
  */
  private final IOException mException;

  /**
   * Initializes a new instance with the given cause.
   *
   * @param mException the cause
   */
  public PrinterIOException(IOException mException)
  {
    super(mException == null ? null : mException.toString());
    initCause(mException);
    this.mException = mException;  
  }

  /**
   * Gets the underlying <code>IOException</code> that caused this exception.
   * This legacy method has been replaced by {@link #getCause()}.
   *
   * @return the cause
  */
  public IOException getIOException()
  {
    return mException;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the cause.
   *
   * @return the cause
   */
  public Throwable getCause()
  {
    return mException;
  }
} // class PrinterIOException