Class MalformedParametersException

java.lang.reflect.MalformedParametersException

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable

public class MalformedParametersException extends RuntimeException

Thrown when

the
java.lang.reflect package

attempts to read method parameters from a class file and determines that one or more parameters are malformed.

The following is a list of conditions under which this exception can be thrown:

The number of parameters (parameter_count) is wrong for the method
A constant pool index is out of bounds.
A constant pool index does not refer to a UTF-8 entry
A parameter's name is "", or contains an illegal character
The flags field contains an illegal flag (something other than FINAL, SYNTHETIC, or MANDATED)

See Executable.getParameters() for more information.

Since:

1.8

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`MalformedParametersException()`	Create a `MalformedParametersException` with an empty reason.
`MalformedParametersException(String reason)`	Create a `MalformedParametersException`.

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

MalformedParametersException

public MalformedParametersException()

Create a MalformedParametersException with an empty reason.

MalformedParametersException

public MalformedParametersException(String reason)

Create a MalformedParametersException.

Parameters:: reason - The reason for the exception.

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