# ExceptionWrapper (Oracle - Berkeley DB Java Edition API)
Date: 2008-04-09

Berkeley DB Java Edition version 3.2.76

## com.sleepycat.util
Interface ExceptionWrapper

All Known Implementing Classes:
  IOExceptionWrapper, RuntimeExceptionWrapper

    public interface ExceptionWrapper

Interface implemented by exceptions that can contain nested exceptions.

Author:
  Mark Hayes

Method Summary
`Throwable` `getCause()` Returns the nested exception or null if none is present.
`Throwable` `getDetail()` Deprecated. replaced by `getCause()`.

Method Detail

### getDetail

    Throwable getDetail()

  Deprecated. replaced by `getCause()`.

  Returns the nested exception or null if none is present.

  Returns:
    the nested exception or null if none is present.

### getCause

    Throwable getCause()

  Returns the nested exception or null if none is present.

  This method is intentionally defined to be the same signature as the `java.lang.Throwable.getCause` method in Java 1.4 and greater. By defining this method to return a nested exception, the Java 1.4 runtime will print the nested stack trace.

  Returns:
    the nested exception or null if none is present.

Berkeley DB Java Edition version 3.2.76

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