java.lang.reflect
Class UndeclaredThrowableException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              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

Author:

Peter Jones

See Also:

InvocationHandler, Serialized Form

Field Summary

(package private) static long	serialVersionUID
private Throwable	undeclaredThrowable the undeclared checked exception that was thrown

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

static final long serialVersionUID

See Also:

Constant Field Values

undeclaredThrowable

private Throwable undeclaredThrowable

the undeclared checked exception that was thrown

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