JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.1

java.lang
Class Exception

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--java.lang.Throwable
        |
        +--java.lang.Exception
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
AclNotFoundException, ActivationException, AlreadyBoundException, ApplicationException, AWTException, BackingStoreException, BadLocationException, CertificateException, ClassNotFoundException, CloneNotSupportedException, DataFormatException, DestroyFailedException, ExpandVetoException, FontFormatException, GeneralSecurityException, GSSException, IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException, InterruptedException, IntrospectionException, InvalidMidiDataException, InvalidPreferencesFormatException, InvocationTargetException, IOException, LastOwnerException, LineUnavailableException, MidiUnavailableException, MimeTypeParseException, NamingException, NoninvertibleTransformException, NoSuchFieldException, NoSuchMethodException, NotBoundException, NotOwnerException, ParseException, ParserConfigurationException, PrinterException, PrintException, PrivilegedActionException, PropertyVetoException, RefreshFailedException, RemarshalException, RuntimeException, SAXException, ServerNotActiveException, SQLException, TooManyListenersException, TransformerException, UnsupportedAudioFileException, UnsupportedCallbackException, UnsupportedFlavorException, UnsupportedLookAndFeelException, URISyntaxException, UserException, XAException

public class Exception
extends Throwable

The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.

Since:
JDK1.0
See Also:
Error, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
Exception()
          Constructs a new exception with null as its detail message.
Exception(String message)
          Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message.
Exception(String message, Throwable cause)
          Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message and cause.
Exception(Throwable cause)
          Constructs a new exception with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).
 
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, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Exception

public Exception()
Constructs a new exception with null as its detail message. The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a call to Throwable.initCause(java.lang.Throwable).


Exception

public Exception(String message)
Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message. The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a call to Throwable.initCause(java.lang.Throwable).

Parameters:
message - the detail message. The detail message is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method.

Exception

public Exception(String message,
                 Throwable cause)
Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message and cause.

Note that the detail message associated with cause is not automatically incorporated in this exception's detail message.

Parameters:
message - the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method).
cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
Since:
1.4

Exception

public Exception(Throwable cause)
Constructs a new exception with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause). This constructor is useful for exceptions that are little more than wrappers for other throwables (for example, PrivilegedActionException).

Parameters:
cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
Since:
1.4

JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.1

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