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java.lang.reflect

Class InvocationTargetException

Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
public class InvocationTargetException
extends ReflectiveOperationException
InvocationTargetException is sort of a way to "wrap" whatever exception comes up when a method or constructor is called via Reflection. As of JDK 1.4, it was retrofitted to match the exception chaining of all other exceptions, but getTargetException() still works.
Since:
1.1
See Also:
Method.invoke(Object,Object[]), Constructor.newInstance(Object[]), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

InvocationTargetException()
Construct an exception with null as the cause.
InvocationTargetException(Throwable targetException)
Create an InvocationTargetException using another exception.
InvocationTargetException(Throwable targetException, String err)
Create an InvocationTargetException using another exception and an error message.

Method Summary

Throwable
getCause()
Returns the cause of this exception (which may be null).
Throwable
getTargetException()
Get the wrapped (targeted) exception.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

InvocationTargetException

protected InvocationTargetException()
Construct an exception with null as the cause. The cause is initialized to null.

InvocationTargetException

public InvocationTargetException(Throwable targetException)
Create an InvocationTargetException using another exception.
Parameters:
targetException - the exception to wrap

InvocationTargetException

public InvocationTargetException(Throwable targetException,
                                 String err)
Create an InvocationTargetException using another exception and an error message.
Parameters:
targetException - the exception to wrap
err - an extra reason for the exception-throwing

Method Details

getCause

public Throwable getCause()
Returns the cause of this exception (which may be null).
Overrides:
getCause in interface Throwable
Returns:
the cause
Since:
1.4

getTargetException

public Throwable getTargetException()
Get the wrapped (targeted) exception.
Returns:
the targeted exception
See Also:
getCause()
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