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  33 /**
  34  * Signals that an unexpected exception has occurred in a static initializer.
  35  * An <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> is thrown to indicate that an
  36  * exception occurred during evaluation of a static initializer or the
  37  * initializer for a static variable.
  38  *
  39  * <p>As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to
  40  * the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism.  The "saved throwable
  41  * object" that may be provided at construction time and accessed via
  42  * the {@link #getException()} method is now known as the <i>cause</i>,
  43  * and may be accessed via the {@link Throwable#getCause()} method, as well
  44  * as the aforementioned "legacy method."
  45  *
  46  * @author  Frank Yellin
  47  * @since   1.1
  48  */
  49 public class ExceptionInInitializerError extends LinkageError {
  50     /**
  51      * Use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1.X for interoperability
  52      */

  53     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1521711792217232256L;
  54 
  55     /**
  56      * Constructs an <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> with
  57      * <code>null</code> as its detail message string and with no saved
  58      * throwable object.
  59      * A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.
  60      */
  61     public ExceptionInInitializerError() {
  62         initCause(null); // Disallow subsequent initCause
  63     }
  64 
  65     /**
  66      * Constructs a new <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> class by
  67      * saving a reference to the <code>Throwable</code> object thrown for
  68      * later retrieval by the {@link #getException()} method. The detail
  69      * message string is set to <code>null</code>.
  70      *
  71      * @param thrown The exception thrown
  72      */


  92      * caused this error to be created.
  93      *
  94      * <p>This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility.
  95      * The {@link Throwable#getCause()} method is now the preferred means of
  96      * obtaining this information.
  97      *
  98      * @return the saved throwable object of this
  99      *         <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code>, or <code>null</code>
 100      *         if this <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> has no saved
 101      *         throwable object.
 102      */
 103     public Throwable getException() {
 104         return super.getCause();
 105     }
 106 
 107     /**
 108      * Serializable fields for ExceptionInInitializerError.
 109      *
 110      * @serialField exception Throwable
 111      */

 112     private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields = {
 113         new ObjectStreamField("exception", Throwable.class)
 114     };
 115 
 116     /*
 117      * Reconstitutes the ExceptionInInitializerError instance from a stream
 118      * and initialize the cause properly when deserializing from an older
 119      * version.
 120      *
 121      * The getException and getCause method returns the private "exception"
 122      * field in the older implementation and ExceptionInInitializerError::cause
 123      * was set to null.
 124      */

 125     private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
 126         ObjectInputStream.GetField fields = s.readFields();
 127         Throwable exception = (Throwable) fields.get("exception", null);
 128         if (exception != null) {
 129             setCause(exception);
 130         }
 131     }
 132 
 133     /*
 134      * To maintain compatibility with older implementation, write a serial
 135      * "exception" field with the cause as the value.
 136      */

 137     private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
 138         ObjectOutputStream.PutField fields = out.putFields();
 139         fields.put("exception", super.getCause());
 140         out.writeFields();
 141     }
 142 
 143 }


  33 /**
  34  * Signals that an unexpected exception has occurred in a static initializer.
  35  * An <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> is thrown to indicate that an
  36  * exception occurred during evaluation of a static initializer or the
  37  * initializer for a static variable.
  38  *
  39  * <p>As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to
  40  * the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism.  The "saved throwable
  41  * object" that may be provided at construction time and accessed via
  42  * the {@link #getException()} method is now known as the <i>cause</i>,
  43  * and may be accessed via the {@link Throwable#getCause()} method, as well
  44  * as the aforementioned "legacy method."
  45  *
  46  * @author  Frank Yellin
  47  * @since   1.1
  48  */
  49 public class ExceptionInInitializerError extends LinkageError {
  50     /**
  51      * Use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1.X for interoperability
  52      */
  53     @java.io.Serial
  54     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1521711792217232256L;
  55 
  56     /**
  57      * Constructs an <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> with
  58      * <code>null</code> as its detail message string and with no saved
  59      * throwable object.
  60      * A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.
  61      */
  62     public ExceptionInInitializerError() {
  63         initCause(null); // Disallow subsequent initCause
  64     }
  65 
  66     /**
  67      * Constructs a new <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> class by
  68      * saving a reference to the <code>Throwable</code> object thrown for
  69      * later retrieval by the {@link #getException()} method. The detail
  70      * message string is set to <code>null</code>.
  71      *
  72      * @param thrown The exception thrown
  73      */


  93      * caused this error to be created.
  94      *
  95      * <p>This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility.
  96      * The {@link Throwable#getCause()} method is now the preferred means of
  97      * obtaining this information.
  98      *
  99      * @return the saved throwable object of this
 100      *         <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code>, or <code>null</code>
 101      *         if this <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> has no saved
 102      *         throwable object.
 103      */
 104     public Throwable getException() {
 105         return super.getCause();
 106     }
 107 
 108     /**
 109      * Serializable fields for ExceptionInInitializerError.
 110      *
 111      * @serialField exception Throwable
 112      */
 113     @java.io.Serial
 114     private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields = {
 115         new ObjectStreamField("exception", Throwable.class)
 116     };
 117 
 118     /*
 119      * Reconstitutes the ExceptionInInitializerError instance from a stream
 120      * and initialize the cause properly when deserializing from an older
 121      * version.
 122      *
 123      * The getException and getCause method returns the private "exception"
 124      * field in the older implementation and ExceptionInInitializerError::cause
 125      * was set to null.
 126      */
 127     @java.io.Serial
 128     private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
 129         ObjectInputStream.GetField fields = s.readFields();
 130         Throwable exception = (Throwable) fields.get("exception", null);
 131         if (exception != null) {
 132             setCause(exception);
 133         }
 134     }
 135 
 136     /*
 137      * To maintain compatibility with older implementation, write a serial
 138      * "exception" field with the cause as the value.
 139      */
 140     @java.io.Serial
 141     private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
 142         ObjectOutputStream.PutField fields = out.putFields();
 143         fields.put("exception", super.getCause());
 144         out.writeFields();
 145     }
 146 
 147 }
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