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

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Modifier

  Constructor

  Description

   

  RuntimeException()

  Constructs a new runtime exception with null as its detail message.

   

  RuntimeException(String message)

  Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message.

   

  RuntimeException(String message, Throwable cause)

  Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message and cause.

  protected

  RuntimeException(String message, Throwable cause, boolean enableSuppression, boolean writableStackTrace)

  Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message, cause, suppression enabled or disabled, and writable stack trace enabled or disabled.

   

  RuntimeException(Throwable cause)

  Constructs a new runtime exception 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

  Modifier and Type

  Method

  Description

  final void

  addSuppressed(Throwable exception)

  Appends the specified exception to the exceptions that were suppressed in order to deliver this exception.

  Throwable

  fillInStackTrace()

  Fills in the execution stack trace.

  Throwable

  getCause()

  Returns the cause of this throwable or null if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.

  String

  getLocalizedMessage()

  Creates a localized description of this throwable.

  String

  getMessage()

  Returns the detail message string of this throwable.

  StackTraceElement[]

  getStackTrace()

  Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by Throwable.printStackTrace().

  final Throwable[]

  getSuppressed()

  Returns an array containing all of the exceptions that were suppressed, typically by the try-with-resources statement, in order to deliver this exception.

  Throwable

  initCause(Throwable cause)

  Initializes the cause of this throwable to the specified value.

  void

  printStackTrace()

  Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the standard error stream.

  void

  printStackTrace(PrintStream s)

  Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print stream.

  void

  printStackTrace(PrintWriter s)

  Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print writer.

  void

  setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] stackTrace)

  Sets the stack trace elements that will be returned by Throwable.getStackTrace() and printed by Throwable.printStackTrace() and related methods.

  String

  toString()

  Returns a short description of this throwable.

  Methods declared in class Object

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

  Modifier and Type

  Method

  Description

  protected Object

  clone()

  Creates and returns a copy of this object.

  boolean

  equals(Object obj)

  Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

  protected void

  finalize()

  Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

  Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.

  final Class<?>

  getClass()

  Returns the runtime class of this Object.

  int

  hashCode()

  Returns a hash code value for this object.

  final void

  notify()

  Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.

  final void

  notifyAll()

  Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.

  final void

  wait()

  Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

  final void

  wait(long timeoutMillis)

  Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

  final void

  wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)

  Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

• Constructor Details

  • RuntimeException

    public RuntimeException()

    Constructs a new runtime exception with null as its detail message. The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a call to Throwable.initCause(Throwable).

  • RuntimeException

    public RuntimeException(String message)

    Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message. The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a call to Throwable.initCause(Throwable).

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

  • RuntimeException

    public RuntimeException(String message, Throwable cause)

    Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message and cause.

    Note that the detail message associated with cause is not automatically incorporated in this runtime exception'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: 1.4

  • RuntimeException

    public RuntimeException(Throwable cause)

    Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause). This constructor is useful for runtime exceptions that are little more than wrappers for other throwables.

    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: 1.4

  • RuntimeException

    protected RuntimeException(String message, Throwable cause, boolean enableSuppression, boolean writableStackTrace)

    Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message, cause, suppression enabled or disabled, and writable stack trace enabled or disabled.

    Parameters: message - the detail message. cause - the cause. (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.) enableSuppression - whether or not suppression is enabled or disabled writableStackTrace - whether or not the stack trace should be writable Since: 1.7

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