1. Description
2. Constructor Summary
3. Method Summary
4. Constructor Details
   1. ClassNotFoundException()
   2. ClassNotFoundException(String)
   3. ClassNotFoundException(String, Throwable)
5. Method Details
   1. getException()

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor

  Description

  ClassNotFoundException()

  Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with no detail message.

  ClassNotFoundException(String s)

  Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with the specified detail message.

  ClassNotFoundException(String s, Throwable ex)

  Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with the specified detail message and optional exception that was raised while loading the class.

• Method Summary

  All MethodsInstance MethodsConcrete Methods

  Modifier and Type

  Method

  Description

  Throwable

  getException()

  Returns the exception that was raised if an error occurred while attempting to load the class.

  Methods declared in class Throwable

  addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

  Methods declared in class Object

  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

• Constructor Details

  • ClassNotFoundException

    public ClassNotFoundException()

    Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with no detail message.

  • ClassNotFoundException

    public ClassNotFoundException(String s)

    Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with the specified detail message.

    Parameters:

    s - the detail message.

  • ClassNotFoundException

    public ClassNotFoundException(String s, Throwable ex)

    Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with the specified detail message and optional exception that was raised while loading the class.

    Parameters:

    s - the detail message

    ex - the exception that was raised while loading the class

    Since:

    1.2

• Method Details

  • getException

    public Throwable getException()

    Returns the exception that was raised if an error occurred while attempting to load the class. Otherwise, returns null.

    API Note:

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

    Returns:

    the Exception that was raised while loading a class

    Since:

    1.2

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