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InvocationTargetException

Name

InvocationTargetException

Synopsis

Class Name:

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

Superclass:

java.lang.Exception

Immediate Subclasses:

None

Interfaces Implemented:

None

Availability:

New as of JDK 1.1

Description

An InvocationTargetException is thrown when a constructor called through Constructor.newInstance(), or a method called through Method.invoke()throws an exception. The InvocationTargetException encapsulates the thrown exception, which can be retrieved using getTargetException().

Class Summary

public class java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
             extends java.lang.Exception {
  // Constructors
  protected InvocationTargetException();
  public InvocationTargetException(Throwable target);
  public InvocationTargetException(Throwable target, String s);
  // Instance Methods
  public Throwable getTargetException();
}

Constructors

InvocationTargetException

protected InvocationTargetException()

Description

This constructor creates an InvocationTargetException.

public InvocationTargetException(Throwable target)

Parameters

target

The exception thrown by the target constructor or method.

Description

This constructor creates an InvocationTargetException around the given exception with no associated detail message.

public InvocationTargetException(Throwable target, String s)

Parameters

target

The exception thrown by the target constructor or method.

s

A detail message.

Description

This constructor creates an InvocationTargetException around the given exception with the given detail message.

Instance Methods

getName

public Throwable getTargetException()

Returns

The exception thrown by the target constructor or method.

Description

This method returns the exception that was originally thrown by the constructor or method.

Inherited Methods

Method

Inherited From

Method

Inherited From

clone()

Object

equals(Object)

Object

fillInStackTrace()

Throwable

finalize()

Object

getClass()

Object

getLocalizedMessage()

Throwable

getMessage()

Throwable

hashCode()

Object

notify()

Object

notifyAll()

Object

printStackTrace()

Throwable

printStackTrace(PrintStream)

Throwable

printStackTrace(PrintWriter)

Throwable

toString()

Throwable

wait()

Object

wait(long)

Object

wait(long, int

Object

   

See Also

Constructor, Method, Throwable


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