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As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to * the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism. The "saved throwable * object" that may be provided at construction time and accessed via * the {@link #getException()} method is now known as the cause, * and may be accessed via the {@link Throwable#getCause()} method, as well * as the aforementioned "legacy method." * * @author Frank Yellin * @since 1.1 */ public class ExceptionInInitializerError extends LinkageError { /** * Use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1.X for interoperability */ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1521711792217232256L; /** * Constructs an ExceptionInInitializerError with * null as its detail message string and with no saved * throwable object. * A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception. */ public ExceptionInInitializerError() { initCause(null); // Disallow subsequent initCause } /** * Constructs a new ExceptionInInitializerError class by * saving a reference to the Throwable object thrown for * later retrieval by the {@link #getException()} method. The detail * message string is set to null. * * @param thrown The exception thrown */ public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown) { super(null, thrown); // Disallow subsequent initCause } /** * Constructs an {@code ExceptionInInitializerError} with the specified detail * message string. A detail message is a String that describes this * particular exception. The detail message string is saved for later * retrieval by the {@link Throwable#getMessage()} method. There is no * saved throwable object. * * @param s the detail message */ public ExceptionInInitializerError(String s) { super(s, null); // Disallow subsequent initCause } /** * Returns the exception that occurred during a static initialization that * caused this error to be created. * *

This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility. * The {@link Throwable#getCause()} method is now the preferred means of * obtaining this information. * * @return the saved throwable object of this * ExceptionInInitializerError, or null * if this ExceptionInInitializerError has no saved * throwable object. */ public Throwable getException() { return super.getCause(); } /** * Serializable fields for ExceptionInInitializerError. * * @serialField exception Throwable */ private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields = { new ObjectStreamField("exception", Throwable.class) }; /* * Reconstitutes the ExceptionInInitializerError instance from a stream * and initialize the cause properly when deserializing from an older * version. * * The getException and getCause method returns the private "exception" * field in the older implementation and ExceptionInInitializerError::cause * was set to null. */ private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException { ObjectInputStream.GetField fields = s.readFields(); Throwable exception = (Throwable) fields.get("exception", null); if (exception != null) { setCause(exception); } } /* * To maintain compatibility with older implementation, write a serial * "exception" field with the cause as the value. */ private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException { ObjectOutputStream.PutField fields = out.putFields(); fields.put("exception", super.getCause()); out.writeFields(); } }