java.lang.reflect
Class UndeclaredThrowableException

java.lang.Object
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                    +--java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
public class UndeclaredThrowableException
extends RuntimeException

Thrown by a method invocation on a proxy instance if its invocation handler's invoke method throws a checked exception (a Throwable that is not assignable to RuntimeException or Error) that is not assignable to any of the exception types declared in the throws clause of the method that was invoked on the proxy instance and dispatched to the invocation handler.

An UndeclaredThrowableException instance contains the undeclared checked exception that was thrown by the invocation handler, and it can be retrieved with the getUndeclaredThrowable() method. UndeclaredThrowableException extends RuntimeException, so it is an unchecked exception that wraps a checked exception.

As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism. The "undeclared checked exception that was thrown by the invocation handler" that may be provided at construction time and accessed via the getUndeclaredThrowable() method is now known as the cause, and may be accessed via the Throwable.getCause() method, as well as the aforementioned "legacy method."

Since:
JDK1.3
See Also:
InvocationHandler, Serialized Form

 

Constructor Summary

UndeclaredThrowableException(Throwable undeclaredThrowable)
    Constructs an UndeclaredThrowableException with the specified Throwable.
UndeclaredThrowableException(Throwable undeclaredThrowable, String s)
    Constructs an UndeclaredThrowableException with the specified Throwable and a detail message.
 

 

Method Summary

 Throwable getCause()
    Returns the the cause of this exception (the Throwable instance wrapped in this UndeclaredThrowableException, which may be null).
 Throwable getUndeclaredThrowable()
    Returns the Throwable instance wrapped in this UndeclaredThrowableException, which may be null.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

 

Constructor Detail

 

UndeclaredThrowableException

public UndeclaredThrowableException(Throwable undeclaredThrowable)
Constructs an UndeclaredThrowableException with the specified Throwable.

Parameters:
undeclaredThrowable - the undeclared checked exception that was thrown

 

UndeclaredThrowableException

public UndeclaredThrowableException(Throwable undeclaredThrowable,
                                    String s)
Constructs an UndeclaredThrowableException with the specified Throwable and a detail message.

Parameters:
undeclaredThrowable - the undeclared checked exception that was thrown
s - the detail message

 

Method Detail

 

getUndeclaredThrowable

public Throwable getUndeclaredThrowable()
Returns the Throwable instance wrapped in this UndeclaredThrowableException, which may be null.

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

Returns:
the undeclared checked exception that was thrown

 

getCause

public Throwable getCause()
Returns the the cause of this exception (the Throwable instance wrapped in this UndeclaredThrowableException, which may be null).

Overrides:
getCause in class Throwable
Returns:
the cause of this exception.
Since:
1.4