http://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html: The Bouncy Castle Java APIs for CMS, PKCS, EAC, TSP, CMP, CRMF, OCSP, and certificate generation. This jar contains APIs for JDK 1.5 to JDK 1.8. The APIs can be used in conjunction with a JCE/JCA provider such as the one provided with the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs.
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package org.bouncycastle.pkix.jcajce;

class AnnotatedException
    extends Exception
{
    private Throwable _underlyingException;

    public AnnotatedException(String string, Throwable e)
    {
        super(string);

        _underlyingException = e;
    }

    public AnnotatedException(String string)
    {
        this(string, null);
    }

    public Throwable getCause()
    {
        return _underlyingException;
    }
}