1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/InvalidProtocolBufferException.java b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/InvalidProtocolBufferException.java
index 85ce7b24..510c6aac 100644
--- a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/InvalidProtocolBufferException.java
+++ b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/InvalidProtocolBufferException.java
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ public class InvalidProtocolBufferException extends IOException {
     super(e.getMessage(), e);
   }
 
+  public InvalidProtocolBufferException(final String description, IOException e) {
+    super(description, e);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Attaches an unfinished message to the exception to support best-effort
    * parsing in {@code Parser} interface.
@@ -107,11 +111,23 @@ public class InvalidProtocolBufferException extends IOException {
       "Protocol message end-group tag did not match expected tag.");
   }
 
-  static InvalidProtocolBufferException invalidWireType() {
-    return new InvalidProtocolBufferException(
+  static InvalidWireTypeException invalidWireType() {
+    return new InvalidWireTypeException(
       "Protocol message tag had invalid wire type.");
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Exception indicating that and unexpected wire type was encountered for a field.
+   */
+  @ExperimentalApi
+  public static class InvalidWireTypeException extends InvalidProtocolBufferException {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3283890091615336259L;
+
+    public InvalidWireTypeException(String description) {
+      super(description);
+    }
+  }
+
   static InvalidProtocolBufferException recursionLimitExceeded() {
     return new InvalidProtocolBufferException(
       "Protocol message had too many levels of nesting.  May be malicious.  " +