java.lang
Class ExceptionInInitializerError

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

public class ExceptionInInitializerError
extends LinkageError

An ExceptionInInitializerError is thrown when an uncaught exception has occurred in a static initializer or the initializer for a static variable. In general, this wraps only RuntimeExceptions, since the compiler does not allow a checked exception to be uncaught in an initializer. This exception only occurs during reflection, when a class is initialized as part of another action.

Since:

1.1

Constructor Summary

ExceptionInInitializerError()
Create an error without a message.

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

ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable t)
Creates an error an saves a reference to the Throwable object.

Method Summary

Throwable	getCause() Return the exception that cause this error to be created.
Throwable	getException() Return the exception that caused this error to be created.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

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

ExceptionInInitializerError

public ExceptionInInitializerError()

Create an error without a message. The cause is initialized as null.

ExceptionInInitializerError

public ExceptionInInitializerError(String s)

Create an error with a message. The cause is initialized as null.

Parameters:

s - the message

ExceptionInInitializerError

public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable t)

Creates an error an saves a reference to the Throwable object. The message string is null.

Parameters:

t - the exception thrown

Method Detail

getException

public Throwable getException()

Return the exception that caused this error to be created. This is a legacy method; the preferred choice now is Throwable.getCause().

Returns:

the cause, or null if unknown

getCause

public Throwable getCause()

Return the exception that cause this error to be created.

Overrides:

getCause in class Throwable

Returns:

the cause, or null if unknown

Since:

1.4