java.lang
Class Error

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Error

Direct Known Subclasses:

LinkageError, VirtualMachineError

public class Error
extends Throwable

Applications should not try to catch errors since they indicate abnormal conditions. An abnormal condition is something which should not occur, or which should not be recovered from. This latter category includes ThreadDeath and AssertionError.

A method is not required to declare any subclass of Error in its throws clause which might be thrown but not caught while executing the method.

Since:

1.0

Constructor Summary

Error()
Create an error without a message.

Error(String s)
Create an error with a message.

Error(String s, Throwable cause)
Create an error with a message and a cause.

Error(Throwable cause)
Create an error with a given cause, and a message of cause == null ? null : cause.toString().

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Error

public Error()

Create an error without a message. The cause remains uninitialized.

See Also:

Throwable.initCause(Throwable)

Error

public Error(String s)

Create an error with a message. The cause remains uninitialized.

Parameters:

s - the message string

See Also:

Throwable.initCause(Throwable)

Error

public Error(String s,
             Throwable cause)

Create an error with a message and a cause.

Parameters:

s - the message string

cause - the cause of this error

Since:

1.4

Error

public Error(Throwable cause)

Create an error with a given cause, and a message of cause == null ? null : cause.toString().

Parameters:

cause - the cause of this error

Since:

1.4