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As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to * the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism. The "target exception" * that is provided at construction time and accessed via the * {@link #getTargetException()} method is now known as the cause, * and may be accessed via the {@link Throwable#getCause()} method, * as well as the aforementioned "legacy method." * * @see Method * @see Constructor * @since 1.1 */ public class InvocationTargetException extends ReflectiveOperationException { /** * Use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1.X for interoperability */ @java.io.Serial private static final long serialVersionUID = 4085088731926701167L; /** * This field holds the target if the * InvocationTargetException(Throwable target) constructor was * used to instantiate the object * * @serial * */ private Throwable target; /** * Constructs an {@code InvocationTargetException} with * {@code null} as the target exception. */ protected InvocationTargetException() { super((Throwable)null); // Disallow initCause } /** * Constructs a InvocationTargetException with a target exception. * * @param target the target exception */ public InvocationTargetException(Throwable target) { super((Throwable)null); // Disallow initCause this.target = target; } /** * Constructs a InvocationTargetException with a target exception * and a detail message. * * @param target the target exception * @param s the detail message */ public InvocationTargetException(Throwable target, String s) { super(s, null); // Disallow initCause this.target = target; } /** * Get the thrown target exception. * *

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 thrown target exception (cause of this exception). */ public Throwable getTargetException() { return target; } /** * Returns the cause of this exception (the thrown target exception, * which may be {@code null}). * * @return the cause of this exception. * @since 1.4 */ public Throwable getCause() { return target; } }