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package lombok.experimental;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import lombok.AccessLevel;

/**
 * Put on any class that extends some {@code java.lang.Throwable} type to add the 4 common exception constructors.
 * 
 * Specifically, all 4 constructors derived from the combinatorial explosion of {@code String message} and {@code Throwable cause}.
 * You may write any or all of these 4 constructors by hand; lombok will only generate the missing ones.
 * <p>
 * All but the full {@code (String message, Throwable cause)} constructor are implemented as a {@code this(msg, cause)} call; it is therefore
 * possibly to write code to run on construction by writing just the {@code (String message, Throwable cause)} constructor.
 */
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
public @interface StandardException {
	/**
	 * Sets the access level of the generated constuctors. By default, generated constructors are {@code public}.
	 * Note: This does nothing if you write your own constructors (we won't change their access levels).
	 * 
	 * @return The constructors will be generated with this access modifier.
	 */
	AccessLevel access() default lombok.AccessLevel.PUBLIC;
}