1. Description
2. Constructor Summary
3. Method Summary
4. Constructor Details
   1. VirtualMachineError()
   2. VirtualMachineError(String)
   3. VirtualMachineError(String, Throwable)
   4. VirtualMachineError(Throwable)

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

InternalError, OutOfMemoryError, StackOverflowError, UnknownError

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor

  Description

  VirtualMachineError()

  Constructs a VirtualMachineError with no detail message.

  VirtualMachineError(String message)

  Constructs a VirtualMachineError with the specified detail message.

  VirtualMachineError(String message, Throwable cause)

  Constructs a VirtualMachineError with the specified detail message and cause.

  VirtualMachineError(Throwable cause)

  Constructs a VirtualMachineError with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).

• Method Summary

  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

  • VirtualMachineError

    public VirtualMachineError()

    Constructs a VirtualMachineError with no detail message.

  • VirtualMachineError

    public VirtualMachineError(String message)

    Constructs a VirtualMachineError with the specified detail message.

    Parameters:

    message - the detail message.

  • VirtualMachineError

    public VirtualMachineError(String message, Throwable cause)

    Constructs a VirtualMachineError with the specified detail message and cause.

    Note that the detail message associated with cause is not automatically incorporated in this error's detail message.

    Parameters:

    message - the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method).

    cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

    Since:

    1.8

  • VirtualMachineError

    public VirtualMachineError(Throwable cause)

    Constructs a VirtualMachineError with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).

    Parameters:

    cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

    Since:

    1.8

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