From 4e77383472c055b08c919356fed276e2d78cceb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "John J. Aylward" <john.aylward@spacenet.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 12:11:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Properly overrides the Exception class.

---
 JSONException.java | 25 +++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/JSONException.java b/JSONException.java
index 6fef519..41e85ae 100755
--- a/JSONException.java
+++ b/JSONException.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package org.json;
  */
 public class JSONException extends RuntimeException {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
-    private Throwable cause;
 
     /**
      * Constructs a JSONException with an explanatory message.
@@ -16,28 +15,18 @@ public class JSONException extends RuntimeException {
      * @param message
      *            Detail about the reason for the exception.
      */
-    public JSONException(String message) {
-        super(message);
+    public JSONException(final String message) {
+	super(message);
     }
 
     /**
      * Constructs a new JSONException with the specified cause.
-     * @param cause The cause.
+     * 
+     * @param cause
+     *            The cause.
      */
-    public JSONException(Throwable cause) {
-        super(cause.getMessage());
-        this.cause = cause;
+    public JSONException(final Throwable cause) {
+	super(cause.getMessage(), cause);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the cause of this exception or null if the cause is nonexistent
-     * or unknown.
-     *
-     * @return the cause of this exception or null if the cause is nonexistent
-     *          or unknown.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public Throwable getCause() {
-        return this.cause;
-    }
 }

From e239e1967ac8230cd23ea7906c6d6b90f489d601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "John J. Aylward" <john.aylward@spacenet.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:52:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Allows a custom message to be passed with a cause.

---
 JSONException.java | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/JSONException.java b/JSONException.java
index 41e85ae..086bac8 100755
--- a/JSONException.java
+++ b/JSONException.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package org.json;
  * @version 2014-05-03
  */
 public class JSONException extends RuntimeException {
+    /** Serialization ID */
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
 
     /**
@@ -19,6 +20,16 @@ public class JSONException extends RuntimeException {
 	super(message);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param message
+     *            Detail about the reason for the exception.
+     * @param cause
+     *            The cause.
+     */
+    public JSONException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+	super(message, cause);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Constructs a new JSONException with the specified cause.
      * 

From 0e132415289c0306d028a5df560c75a0ee975493 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "John J. Aylward" <john.aylward@spacenet.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:53:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Expands javadoc

---
 JSONException.java | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/JSONException.java b/JSONException.java
index 086bac8..9ac810b 100755
--- a/JSONException.java
+++ b/JSONException.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public class JSONException extends RuntimeException {
     }
 
     /**
+     * Constructs a JSONException with an explanatory message and cause.
+     * 
      * @param message
      *            Detail about the reason for the exception.
      * @param cause

From 1b06a802cf134bd781d2bf3f4ce4e01bff92a612 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "John J. Aylward" <john.aylward@spacenet.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:54:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] makes params final

---
 JSONException.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/JSONException.java b/JSONException.java
index 9ac810b..2463d96 100755
--- a/JSONException.java
+++ b/JSONException.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class JSONException extends RuntimeException {
      * @param cause
      *            The cause.
      */
-    public JSONException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+    public JSONException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
 	super(message, cause);
     }
 

From 1448163981d7d81aacae15ddb2ff164947def02d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Aylward <john@johnanddalene.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:41:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] fixes file date

---
 JSONException.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/JSONException.java b/JSONException.java
index 2463d96..8503e35 100755
--- a/JSONException.java
+++ b/JSONException.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package org.json;
  * The JSONException is thrown by the JSON.org classes when things are amiss.
  *
  * @author JSON.org
- * @version 2014-05-03
+ * @version 2015-10-14
  */
 public class JSONException extends RuntimeException {
     /** Serialization ID */