POIException.java

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package org.apache.poi;

/**
 * Indicates a generic POI exception. This is not commonly used in POI
 * but this is intended to be a base class for some new POI exceptions.
 * Historically, POI has used {@link RuntimeException} for most of its
 * exceptions, but this is not a good practice. This class is a checked
 * class that extends {@link Exception} so needs to be explicitly
 * caught or declared in the method signature.
 *
 * @since POI 5.5.0
 */
public class POIException extends Exception {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    /**
     * Create a new {@code POIException} with the specified message.
     *
     * @param msg The error message for the exception.
     */
    public POIException(String msg) {
        super(msg);
    }

    /**
     * Create a new {@code POIException} with the specified cause.
     *
     * @param cause the cause of this exception
     */
    public POIException(Throwable cause) {
        super(cause);
    }

    /**
     * Create a new {@code POIException} with the specified message and cause.
     *
     * @param msg The error message for the exception.
     * @param cause the cause of this exception
     */
    public POIException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
        super(msg, cause);
    }
}