Class VirtualMachineError

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Error

java.lang.VirtualMachineError

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:: InternalError, OutOfMemoryError, StackOverflowError, UnknownError

public abstract class VirtualMachineError extends Error

Thrown to indicate that the Java Virtual Machine is broken or has run out of resources necessary for it to continue operating.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`VirtualMachineError()`	Constructs a `VirtualMachineError` with no detail message.
`VirtualMachineError(String message)`	Constructs a `VirtualMachineError` with the specified detail message.
`VirtualMachineError(String message, Throwable cause)`	Constructs a `VirtualMachineError` with the specified detail message and cause.
`VirtualMachineError(Throwable cause)`	Constructs a `VirtualMachineError` with the specified cause and a detail message of `(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())` (which typically contains the class and detail message of `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

VirtualMachineError

public VirtualMachineError()

Constructs a VirtualMachineError with no detail message.

VirtualMachineError

public VirtualMachineError(String message)

Constructs a VirtualMachineError with the specified detail message.

Parameters:: message - the detail message.

VirtualMachineError

public VirtualMachineError(String message, Throwable cause)

Constructs a VirtualMachineError with the specified detail message and cause.

Note that the detail message associated with cause is not automatically incorporated in this error's detail message.

Parameters:: message - the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method).; cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
Since:: 1.8

VirtualMachineError

public VirtualMachineError(Throwable cause)

Constructs a VirtualMachineError with the specified cause and a detail message of

(cause==null ? null :
cause.toString())

(which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).

Parameters:: cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
Since:: 1.8

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