List<Constructor<X>> constructors = (List) Arrays.asList(exceptionClass.getConstructors());
    for (Constructor<X> constructor : preferringStringsThenThrowables(constructors)) {
      X instance = newFromConstructor(constructor, cause);
      if (instance != null) {
        if (instance.getCause() == null) {
          instance.initCause(cause);
        }
        return instance;
      }
    }