java.lang

Class Error

Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
Known Direct Subclasses:
AnnotationFormatError, AssertionError, AWTError, CoderMalfunctionError, FactoryConfigurationError, FactoryConfigurationError, LinkageError, ServiceConfigurationError, ThreadDeath, TransformerFactoryConfigurationError, 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
See Also:
Serialized Form

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 ?

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Error

public Error()
Create an error without a message. The cause remains uninitialized.

Error

public Error(String s)
Create an error with a message. The cause remains uninitialized.
Parameters:
s - the message string

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

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