* java/util/regex/Pattern.java (Pattern): Chain REException.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 847e95c09..178f905d2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-01-13  Mark Wielaard  <mark@klomp.org>
+
+	* java/util/regex/Pattern.java (Pattern): Chain REException.
+
 2006-01-13  Chris Burdess  <dog@gnu.org>
 
 	* gnu/xml/xpath/NameTest.java: Removed debugging output.
diff --git a/java/util/regex/Pattern.java b/java/util/regex/Pattern.java
index 6a31ef9bf..d39f1cfb0 100644
--- a/java/util/regex/Pattern.java
+++ b/java/util/regex/Pattern.java
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@ public final class Pattern implements Serializable
       }
     catch (REException e)
       {
-	throw new PatternSyntaxException(e.getMessage(),
+	PatternSyntaxException pse;
+	pse = new PatternSyntaxException(e.getMessage(),
 					 regex, e.getPosition());
+	pse.initCause(e);
+	throw pse;
       }
   }