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+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+ * Copyright by The HDF Group.                                               *
+ * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.         *
+ * All rights reserved.                                                      *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including     *
+ * terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in    *
+ * the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root   *
+ * of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the  *
+ * root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and   *
+ * is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at     *
+ * http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have          *
+ * access to either file, you may request a copy from help@hdfgroup.org.     *
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
+
+package hdf.hdf5lib.exceptions;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * The class HDF5Exception returns errors from the Java HDF5 Interface.
+ * <p>
+ * Two sub-classes of HDF5Exception are defined:
+ * <ol>
+ * <li>
+ * HDF5LibraryException -- errors raised the HDF5 library code
+ * <li>
+ * HDF5JavaException -- errors raised the HDF5 Java wrapper code
+ * </ol>
+ * <p>
+ * These exceptions are sub-classed to represent specific error conditions, as
+ * needed. In particular, HDF5LibraryException has a sub-class for each major
+ * error code returned by the HDF5 library.
+ *
+ */
+public class HDF5Exception extends Exception {
+    protected String detailMessage;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an <code>HDF5Exception</code> with no specified detail
+     * message.
+     */
+    public HDF5Exception() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an <code>HDF5Exception</code> with the specified detail
+     * message.
+     *
+     * @param message
+     *            the detail message.
+     */
+    public HDF5Exception(String message) {
+        super();
+        detailMessage = message;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the detail message of this exception
+     *
+     * @return the detail message or <code>null</code> if this object does not
+     *         have a detail message.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getMessage() {
+        return detailMessage;
+    }
+}