java.lang
Class Error

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--java.lang.Throwable
        |
        +--java.lang.Error

Direct Known Subclasses:

LinkageError, VirtualMachineError

public class Error

extends Throwable

An Error is a subclass of Throwable that indicates serious problems that a reasonable application should not try to catch. Most such errors are abnormal conditions. The ThreadDeath error, though a "normal" condition, is also a subclass of Error because most applications should not try to catch it.

A method is not required to declare in its throws clause any subclasses of Error that might be thrown during the execution of the method but not caught, since these errors are abnormal conditions that should never occur.

Since:

JDK1.0

Version:

1.12, 02/02/00

Author:

Frank Yellin

See Also:

ThreadDeath

Constructor Summary

Error()
Constructs an Error with no specified detail message.

Error(String s)
Constructs an Error with the specified detail message.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, printStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode

Constructor Detail

Error

public Error()

Constructs an Error with no specified detail message.

Error

public Error(String s)

Constructs an Error with the specified detail message.

Parameters:

s - the detail message.