java.lang
Class ExceptionInInitializerError

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

public class ExceptionInInitializerError

extends LinkageError

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.

Since:

JDK1.1

Version:

1.11, 02/02/00

Author:

Frank Yellin

Constructor Summary

ExceptionInInitializerError()
Constructs an ExceptionInInitializerError with null as its detail message string and with no saved thowable object.

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

ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown)
Constructs a new ExceptionInInitializerError class by saving a reference to the Throwable object thrown for later retrieval by the getException() method.

Method Summary

Throwable	getException() Returns the exception that occurred during a static initialization that caused this Error to be created.
void	printStackTrace() Prints the stack trace of the exception that occurred.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode

Constructor Detail

ExceptionInInitializerError

public ExceptionInInitializerError()

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

ExceptionInInitializerError

public ExceptionInInitializerError(String s)

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

ExceptionInInitializerError

public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable 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

Method Detail

getException

public Throwable getException()

Returns the exception that occurred during a static initialization that caused this Error to be created.

Returns:

the saved throwable object of this ExceptionInInitializerError, or null if this ExceptionInInitializerError has no saved throwable object.

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace()

Prints the stack trace of the exception that occurred.

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class Throwable

See Also:

System.err