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InvocationTargetException

public class InvocationTargetException
extends ReflectiveOperationException

java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.lang.Throwable
     ↳ java.lang.Exception
       ↳ java.lang.ReflectiveOperationException
         ↳ java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException


InvocationTargetException is a checked exception that wraps an exception thrown by an invoked method or constructor.

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 getTargetException() method is now known as the cause, and may be accessed via the Throwable.getCause() method, as well as the aforementioned "legacy method."

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Summary

Public constructors

InvocationTargetException(Throwable target)

Constructs a InvocationTargetException with a target exception.

InvocationTargetException(Throwable target, String s)

Constructs a InvocationTargetException with a target exception and a detail message.

Protected constructors

InvocationTargetException()

Constructs an InvocationTargetException with null as the target exception.

Public methods

Throwable getCause()

Returns the cause of this exception (the thrown target exception, which may be null).

Throwable getTargetException()

Get the thrown target exception.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

InvocationTargetException

Added in API level 1
public InvocationTargetException (Throwable target)

Constructs a InvocationTargetException with a target exception.

Parameters
target Throwable: the target exception

InvocationTargetException

Added in API level 1
public InvocationTargetException (Throwable target, 
                String s)

Constructs a InvocationTargetException with a target exception and a detail message.

Parameters
target Throwable: the target exception

s String: the detail message

Protected constructors

InvocationTargetException

Added in API level 1
protected InvocationTargetException ()

Constructs an InvocationTargetException with null as the target exception.

Public methods

getCause

Added in API level 1
public Throwable getCause ()

Returns the cause of this exception (the thrown target exception, which may be null).

Returns
Throwable the cause of this exception.

getTargetException

Added in API level 1
public Throwable getTargetException ()

Get the thrown target exception.

This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility. The Throwable.getCause() method is now the preferred means of obtaining this information.

Returns
Throwable the thrown target exception (cause of this exception).

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Last updated 2026-08-03 UTC.

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