java.lang: public class: ExceptionInInitializerError

java.lang
public class: ExceptionInInitializerError [javadoc | source]

java.lang.Object
   java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Error
         java.lang.LinkageError
            java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

Signals that an unexpected exception has occurred in a static initializer. An ExceptionInInitializerError is thrown to indicate that an exception occurred during evaluation of a static initializer or the initializer for a static variable.

As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism. The "saved throwable object" that may be provided at construction time and accessed via the #getException() method is now known as the cause, and may be accessed via the Throwable#getCause() method, as well as the aforementioned "legacy method."

author: Frank - Yellin

since: JDK1.1 -

Fields inherited from java.lang.Error:
serialVersionUID

Constructor:

Constructor:
public ExceptionInInitializerError() { initCause(null); // Disallow subsequent initCause } Constructs an `ExceptionInInitializerError` with `null` as its detail message string and with no saved throwable object. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.
public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown) { initCause(null); // Disallow subsequent initCause this.exception = thrown; } Constructs a new `ExceptionInInitializerError` class by saving a reference to the `Throwable` object thrown for later retrieval by the #getException() method. The detail message string is set to `null`. Parameters: `thrown` - The exception thrown
public ExceptionInInitializerError(String s) { super(s); initCause(null); // Disallow subsequent initCause } Constructs an ExceptionInInitializerError with the specified detail message string. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception. The detail message string is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable#getMessage() method. There is no saved throwable object. Parameters: `s` - the detail message

 public ExceptionInInitializerError() {
        initCause(null);  // Disallow subsequent initCause
}

Constructs an ExceptionInInitializerError with null as its detail message string and with no saved throwable object. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.

 public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown) {
        initCause(null);  // Disallow subsequent initCause
        this.exception = thrown;
}

ExceptionInInitializerError

Throwable

#getException()

null

Parameters:

thrown - The exception thrown

 public ExceptionInInitializerError(String s) {
        super(s);
        initCause(null);  // Disallow subsequent initCause
}

Throwable#getMessage()

Parameters:

s - the detail message

Method from java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError Summary:
getCause, getException

Methods from java.lang.Throwable:
addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getStackTraceDepth, getStackTraceElement, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods from java.lang.Object:
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method from java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError Detail:
public Throwable getCause() { return exception; } Returns the cause of this error (the exception that occurred during a static initialization that caused this error to be created).
public Throwable getException() { return exception; } Returns the exception that occurred during a static initialization that caused this error to be created. This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility. The Throwable#getCause() method is now the preferred means of obtaining this information.

Method from java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError Detail:

 public Throwable getCause() {
        return exception;
}

Returns the cause of this error (the exception that occurred during a static initialization that caused this error to be created).

 public Throwable getException() {
        return exception;
}

This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility. The Throwable#getCause() method is now the preferred means of obtaining this information.