20.23

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

THE PACKAGE JAVA.LANG

20.23 The Class

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

An

ExceptionInInitializerError

 is thrown to indicate that an exception

occurred during evaluation of a static initializer or the initializer for a

static

variable ( 12.4.2).

public class ExceptionInInitializerError

extends RuntimeException {

public ExceptionInInitializerError();

public ExceptionInInitializerError(String s);

public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown);

public Throwable getException();

}

20.23.1

public ExceptionInInitializerError()

This constructor initializes a newly created

ExceptionInInitializerError

with

null

 as its error message string and with a no saved throwable object.

20.23.2

public ExceptionInInitializerError(String s)

This constructor initializes a newly created

ExceptionInInitializerError

 by

saving a reference to the error message string

s

 for later retrieval by the

getMes 

sage

 method ( 20.22.3). There is no saved throwable object.

20.23.3

public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown)

This constructor initializes a newly created

ExceptionInInitializerError

 by

saving a reference to the

Throwable

 object

thrown

 for later retrieval by the

getException

 method ( 20.22.3). The error message string is set to

null

.

20.23.4

public Throwable getException(Throwable thrown)

The saved throwable object of this

ExceptionInInitializerError

 is returned;

null

 is returned if this

ExceptionInInitializerError

 has no saved throwable

object.

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