java.lang
error ExceptionInInitializerError

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public error 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.

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 {@link #getException()} method is now known as the cause, and may be accessed via the {@link Throwable#getCause()} method, as well as the aforementioned "legacy method."

ExceptionInInitializerError

public ExceptionInInitializerError()

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.

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 {@link 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 {@link #getException()} method. The detail message string is set to null.

Parameters:

thrown - The exception thrown

getCause

public Throwable getCause()

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

Overrides:

getCause in class Throwable

Returns:

the cause of this error or null if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.

getException

public Throwable getException()

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 {@link Throwable#getCause()} method is now the preferred means of obtaining this information.

Returns:

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