Java tutorial
class ChainExcDemo { static void demoproc() { NullPointerException e = new NullPointerException("top layer"); e.initCause(new ArithmeticException("cause")); throw e; } public static void main(String args[]) { try { demoproc(); } catch (NullPointerException e) { System.out.println("Caught: " + e); System.out.println("Original cause: " + e.getCause()); } } }