public OracleExceptionSorter() 
{

}

 public boolean isExceptionFatal(SQLException e) 
{
       final int error_code = Math.abs( e.getErrorCode() );  // I can't remember if the errors are negative or positive.
       if( ( error_code == 28 )      //session has been killed
        || ( error_code == 600 )     //Internal oracle error
        || ( error_code == 1012 )    //not logged on
        || ( error_code == 1014 )    //Oracle shutdown in progress
        || ( error_code == 1033 )    //Oracle initialization or shutdown in progress
        || ( error_code == 1034 )    //Oracle not available
        || ( error_code == 1035 )    //ORACLE only available to users with RESTRICTED SESSION privilege
        || ( error_code == 1089 )    //immediate shutdown in progress - no operations are permitted
        || ( error_code == 1090 )    //shutdown in progress - connection is not permitted
        || ( error_code == 1092 )    //ORACLE instance terminated. Disconnection forced
        || ( error_code == 1094 )    //ALTER DATABASE CLOSE in progress. Connections not permitted
        || ( error_code == 2396 )    //exceeded maximum idle time, please connect again
        || ( error_code == 3106 )    //fatal two-task communication protocol error
        || ( error_code == 3111 )    //break received on communication channel
        || ( error_code == 3113 )    //end-of-file on communication channel
        || ( error_code == 3114 )    //not connected to ORACLE
        || ( error_code  >= 12100 && error_code < = 12299 )   // TNS issues
        || ( error_code == 17002)    //connection reset
        || ( error_code == 17008 ) ) //connection closed
       {
           return true;
       }
       final String error_text = (e.getMessage()).toUpperCase();
       // Exclude oracle user defined error codes (20000 through 20999) from consideration when looking for
       // certain strings.
       if( ( error_code <  20000 || error_code  >= 21000 ) &&
             (  (error_text.indexOf("SOCKET")  > -1)     //for control socket error
             || (error_text.indexOf("CONNECTION HAS ALREADY BEEN CLOSED")  > -1)
             || (error_text.indexOf("BROKEN PIPE")  > -1) ) )
       {
           return true;
       }
       return false;
}