Class Error

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
AnnotationFormatError, AssertionError, AWTError, CoderMalfunctionError, FactoryConfigurationError, FactoryConfigurationError, IOError, LinkageError, SchemaFactoryConfigurationError, ServiceConfigurationError, ThreadDeath, TransformerFactoryConfigurationError, VirtualMachineError

public class Error extends Throwable
An Error is a subclass of Throwable that indicates serious problems that a reasonable application should not try to catch. Most such errors are abnormal conditions.

A method is not required to declare in its throws clause any subclasses of Error that might be thrown during the execution of the method but not caught, since these errors are abnormal conditions that should never occur. That is, Error and its subclasses are regarded as unchecked exceptions for the purposes of compile-time checking of exceptions.

See Java Language Specification:
11.2 Compile-Time Checking of Exceptions
Since:
1.0
See Also:
  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier
    Constructor
    Description
     
    Constructs a new error with null as its detail message.
     
    Error(String message)
    Constructs a new error with the specified detail message.
     
    Error(String message, Throwable cause)
    Constructs a new error with the specified detail message and cause.
    protected
    Error(String message, Throwable cause, boolean enableSuppression, boolean writableStackTrace)
    Constructs a new error with the specified detail message, cause, suppression enabled or disabled, and writable stack trace enabled or disabled.
     
    Constructs a new error with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).
  • Method Summary

    Methods declared in class Throwable

    addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString
    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    final void
    Appends the specified exception to the exceptions that were suppressed in order to deliver this exception.
    Fills in the execution stack trace.
    Returns the cause of this throwable or null if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.
    Creates a localized description of this throwable.
    Returns the detail message string of this throwable.
    Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by Throwable.printStackTrace().
    final Throwable[]
    Returns an array containing all of the exceptions that were suppressed, typically by the try-with-resources statement, in order to deliver this exception.
    Initializes the cause of this throwable to the specified value.
    void
    Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the standard error stream.
    void
    Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print stream.
    void
    Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print writer.
    void
    Sets the stack trace elements that will be returned by Throwable.getStackTrace() and printed by Throwable.printStackTrace() and related methods.
    Returns a short description of this throwable.

    Methods declared in class Object

    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    protected Object
    Creates and returns a copy of this object.
    boolean
    Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
    protected void
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
    Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
    final Class<?>
    Returns the runtime class of this Object.
    int
    Returns a hash code value for this object.
    final void
    Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
    final void
    Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
    final void
    Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
    final void
    wait(long timeoutMillis)
    Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
    final void
    wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)
    Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
  • Constructor Details

    • Error

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

      public Error(String message)
      Constructs a new error with the specified detail message. The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a call to Throwable.initCause(Throwable).
      Parameters:
      message - the detail message. The detail message is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method.
    • Error

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

      Note that the detail message associated with cause is not automatically incorporated in this error'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
    • Error

      public Error(Throwable cause)
      Constructs a new error 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 errors that are little more than wrappers for other throwables.
      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
    • Error

      protected Error(String message, Throwable cause, boolean enableSuppression, boolean writableStackTrace)
      Constructs a new error with the specified detail message, cause, suppression enabled or disabled, and writable stack trace enabled or disabled.
      Parameters:
      message - the detail message.
      cause - the cause. (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
      enableSuppression - whether or not suppression is enabled or disabled
      writableStackTrace - whether or not the stack trace should be writable
      Since:
      1.7