Class BootstrapMethodError

java.lang.BootstrapMethodError

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable

public class BootstrapMethodError extends LinkageError

Thrown to indicate that an invokedynamic instruction or a dynamic constant failed to resolve its bootstrap method and arguments, or for invokedynamic instruction the bootstrap method has failed to provide a call site with a target of the correct method type, or for a dynamic constant the bootstrap method has failed to provide a constant value of the required type.

Since:

1.7

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`BootstrapMethodError()`	Constructs a `BootstrapMethodError` with no detail message.
`BootstrapMethodError(String s)`	Constructs a `BootstrapMethodError` with the specified detail message.
`BootstrapMethodError(String s, Throwable cause)`	Constructs a `BootstrapMethodError` with the specified detail message and cause.
`BootstrapMethodError(Throwable cause)`	Constructs a `BootstrapMethodError` with the specified 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

BootstrapMethodError

public BootstrapMethodError()

Constructs a BootstrapMethodError with no detail message.

BootstrapMethodError

public BootstrapMethodError(String s)

Constructs a BootstrapMethodError with the specified detail message.

Parameters:: s - the detail message.

BootstrapMethodError

public BootstrapMethodError(String s, Throwable cause)

Constructs a BootstrapMethodError with the specified detail message and cause.

Parameters:: s - the detail message.; cause - the cause, may be null.

BootstrapMethodError

public BootstrapMethodError(Throwable cause)

Constructs a BootstrapMethodError with the specified cause.

Parameters:: cause - the cause, may be null.

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