java.rmi.activation

Class ActivationException

public class ActivationException extends Exception

General exception class for java.rmi.activation.

Since: 1.2

UNKNOWN: updated to 1.4

Field Summary
Throwable	detail The cause of this exception.

Constructor Summary
	ActivationException() Create an exception with no message, and cause initialized to null.
	ActivationException(String s) Create an exception with the given message, and cause initialized to null.
	ActivationException(String s, Throwable ex) Create an exception with the given message and cause.

Method Summary
Throwable	getCause() Returns the cause of this exception.
String	getMessage() This method returns a message indicating what went wrong, in this format: `super.getMessage() + (detail == null ?`

Field Detail

detail

public Throwable detail

The cause of this exception. This pre-dates the exception chaining of Throwable; and although you can change this field, you are wiser to leave it alone.

Serial: the exception cause

Constructor Detail

ActivationException

public ActivationException()

Create an exception with no message, and cause initialized to null.

ActivationException

public ActivationException(String s)

Create an exception with the given message, and cause initialized to null.

Parameters: s the message

ActivationException

public ActivationException(String s, Throwable ex)

Create an exception with the given message and cause.

Parameters: s the message ex the cause

Returns the cause of this exception. Note that this may not be the original cause, thanks to the detail field being public and non-final (yuck). However, to avoid violating the contract of Throwable.getCause(), this returns null if detail == this, as no exception can be its own cause.

Returns: the cause

Since: 1.4

getMessage

public String getMessage()

This method returns a message indicating what went wrong, in this format:

super.getMessage() + (detail == null ? ""
    : "; nested exception is:\n\t" + detail)

Returns: the chained message