Error: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

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

Authors:
@author Frank Yellin
Since:
@since JDK1.1

Inheritance

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Methods

  • ExceptionInInitializerErrortop

    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.
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  • ExceptionInInitializerErrortop

    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 Throwable.getMessage() method. There is no saved throwable object.
    Parameters:
    @param s the detail message
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  • ExceptionInInitializerErrortop

    public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown)
    Constructs a new ExceptionInInitializerError class by saving a reference to the Throwable object thrown for later retrieval by the ExceptionInInitializerError.getException() method. The detail message string is set to null.
    Parameters:
    @param thrown The exception thrown
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  • getCausetop

    public Throwable getCause()
    Returns the cause of this error (the exception that occurred during a static initialization that caused this error to be created).
    Return:
    @return the cause of this error or null if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.
    Since:
    @since 1.4
    Override hierarchy:
    getCause from Throwable
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  • getExceptiontop

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

    Return:
    @return the saved throwable object of this ExceptionInInitializerError, or null if this ExceptionInInitializerError has no saved throwable object.
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Fields

  • exception

    private Throwable exception
    This field holds the exception if the ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown) constructor was used to instantiate the object

  • serialVersionUID

    static final private long serialVersionUID = 1521711792217232256
    Use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1.X for interoperability