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  ExceptionInInitializerError
  public

  Inherits From:   LinkageError : Error : Throwable : Object
  Conforms To:   none
  Declared In:   java.lang


Exception Description
 
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 getException() method is now known as the cause, and may be accessed via the getCause() method, as well as the aforementioned "legacy method."



Class Variables
 
None declared in this exception.


Instance Variables
 
None declared in this exception.


Constructors
 
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 getMessage() method. There is no saved throwable object.


ExceptionInInitializerError
public ExceptionInInitializerError( Throwable thrown )

Constructs a new ExceptionInInitializerError class by saving a reference to the Throwable object thrown for later retrieval by the getException() method. The detail message string is set to null.


Class Methods
 
None declared in this exception.


Instance Methods
 
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).


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 getCause() method is now the preferred means of obtaining this information.



Known Subclasses
 
None.



 
 
  dydoc
  3/10/05