ExceptionInInitializerError.java

/* ExceptionInInitializerError.java -- thrown when class initialization fails
   with an uncaught exception
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package java.lang;

/**
 * An <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> is thrown when an uncaught
 * exception has occurred in a static initializer or the initializer for a
 * static variable. In general, this wraps only RuntimeExceptions, since the
 * compiler does not allow a checked exception to be uncaught in an
 * initializer. This exception only occurs during reflection, when a class
 * is initialized as part of another action.
 *
 * @author Brian Jones
 * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
 * @since 1.1
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public class ExceptionInInitializerError extends LinkageError
{
  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.1+.
   */
  static final long serialVersionUID = 1521711792217232256L;

  /**
   * The cause of this exception (duplicates the one stored in Throwable).
   *
   * @serial the exception cause
   */
  private final Throwable exception;

  /**
   * Create an error without a message. The cause is initialized as null.
   */
  public ExceptionInInitializerError()
  {
    this((String) null);
  }

  /**
   * Create an error with a message. The cause is initialized as null.
   *
   * @param s the message
   */
  public ExceptionInInitializerError(String s)
  {
    super(s);
    exception = null;
  }

  /**
   * Creates an error an saves a reference to the <code>Throwable</code>
   * object. The message string is null.
   *
   * @param t the exception thrown
   */
  public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable t)
  {
    super(null);
    initCause(t);
    exception = t;
  }

  /**
   * Return the exception that caused this error to be created. This is a
   * legacy method; the preferred choice now is {@link Throwable#getCause()}.
   *
   * @return the cause, or null if unknown
   */
  public Throwable getException()
  {
    return exception;
  }

  /**
   * Return the exception that cause this error to be created.
   *
   * @return the cause, or null if unknown
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public Throwable getCause()
  {
    return exception;
  }
}