Class StackOverflowError

java.lang.StackOverflowError

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable

public class StackOverflowError extends VirtualMachineError

Thrown when a stack overflow occurs because an application recurses too deeply.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`StackOverflowError()`	Constructs a `StackOverflowError` with no detail message.
`StackOverflowError(String s)`	Constructs a `StackOverflowError` with the specified detail message.

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

StackOverflowError

public StackOverflowError()

Constructs a StackOverflowError with no detail message.

StackOverflowError

public StackOverflowError(String s)

Constructs a StackOverflowError with the specified detail message.

Parameters:: s - the detail message.

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