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25 
26 package java.io;
27 
28 /**
29  * Thrown when a serious I/O error has occurred.
30  *
31  * @author  Xueming Shen
32  * @since   1.6
33  */
34 public class IOError extends Error {
35     /**
36      * Constructs a new instance of IOError with the specified cause. The
37      * IOError is created with the detail message of
38      * <tt>(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())</tt> (which typically
39      * contains the class and detail message of cause).
40      *
41      * @param  cause
42      *         The cause of this error, or <tt>null</tt> if the cause
43      *         is not known
44      */
IOError(Throwable cause)45     public IOError(Throwable cause) {
46         super(cause);
47     }
48 
49     private static final long serialVersionUID = 67100927991680413L;
50 }
51