/*
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 <a href="mailto:mandarax@jbdietrich.com">Jens Dietrich</a>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
package org.mandarax.kernel;

/**
 * An exception indicating a problem in the inference engine.
 * The typical scenario is that the inference engine tries to resolve clause sets 
 * from an external source (e.g., an SQL database or a web service), this fails and the 
 * exception handling policy in the inference engine is set to exception bubbling (forwarding).
 * @see org.mandarax.kernel.ClauseSetException
 * @see org.mandarax.kernel.InferenceEngine
 * @author <A HREF="mailto:mandarax@jbdietrich.com">Jens Dietrich</A>
 * @version 3.3.1 <9 August 2004>
 * @since 1.7
 */
public class InferenceException extends Exception {

	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 * @param msg a message describing the exception
	 */
	public InferenceException(String msg) {
		super(msg);
	}
	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 * @param msg a message describing the exception
	 * @param cause the cause
	 */
	public InferenceException(String msg,Throwable cause) {
		super(msg,cause);
	}
	/**
	* Constructor.
	*/
	public InferenceException() {
		super();
	}
}
