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The FileNotFoundException.java Java example source code

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package java.io;


/**
 * Signals that an attempt to open the file denoted by a specified pathname
 * has failed.
 *
 * <p> This exception will be thrown by the {@link FileInputStream}, {@link
 * FileOutputStream}, and {@link RandomAccessFile} constructors when a file
 * with the specified pathname does not exist.  It will also be thrown by these
 * constructors if the file does exist but for some reason is inaccessible, for
 * example when an attempt is made to open a read-only file for writing.
 *
 * @author  unascribed
 * @since   JDK1.0
 */

public class FileNotFoundException extends IOException {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -897856973823710492L;

    /**
     * Constructs a <code>FileNotFoundException with
     * <code>null as its error detail message.
     */
    public FileNotFoundException() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a <code>FileNotFoundException with the
     * specified detail message. The string <code>s can be
     * retrieved later by the
     * <code>{@link java.lang.Throwable#getMessage}
     * method of class <code>java.lang.Throwable.
     *
     * @param   s   the detail message.
     */
    public FileNotFoundException(String s) {
        super(s);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a <code>FileNotFoundException with a detail message
     * consisting of the given pathname string followed by the given reason
     * string.  If the <code>reason argument is null then
     * it will be omitted.  This private constructor is invoked only by native
     * I/O methods.
     *
     * @since 1.2
     */
    private FileNotFoundException(String path, String reason) {
        super(path + ((reason == null)
                      ? ""
                      : " (" + reason + ")"));
    }

}