libjava/java/lang/ExceptionInInitializerError.java

/* ExceptionInInitializerError.java 
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package java.lang;

import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
 * "The Java Language Specification", ISBN 0-201-63451-1
 * plus online API docs for JDK 1.2 beta from http://www.javasoft.com.
 * Status:  Believed complete and correct.
 */

/**
 * An <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> is thrown when an 
 * unexpected exception has occurred in a static initializer or the
 * initializer for a static variable.
 *
 * @since JDK 1.1
 * 
 * @author Brian Jones
 * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
 * @date October 1, 1998 
 */
public class ExceptionInInitializerError extends LinkageError
{
  static final long serialVersionUID = 1521711792217232256L;

  private Throwable exception = null;

  /**
   * Create an error without a message.
   */
  public ExceptionInInitializerError()
    {
      super();
    }

  /**
   * Create an error with a message.
   */
  public ExceptionInInitializerError(String s)
    {
      super(s);
    }

  /**
   * Creates an error an saves a reference to the <code>Throwable</code>
   * object.
   *
   * @param t the exception thrown
   */
  public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable t)
    {
      super(t.toString());
      exception = t;
    }

  /** 
   * Return the exception that caused this error to be created.
   * @return the stored <code>Throwable</code> object or <code>null</code>
   * if this <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> has no stored
   * <code>Throwable</code> object.
   */
  public Throwable getException()
    {
      return exception;
    }

  /**
   * Print a stack trace of the exception that occurred.
   */
  public void printStackTrace()
    {
      if (exception == null)
	{
	  super.printStackTrace();
	}
      else
	{
	  System.err.print(this.getClass() + ": ");
	  exception.printStackTrace();
	}
    }

  /**
   * Print a stack trace of the exception that occurred to 
   * the specified <code>PrintStream</code>.
   */
  public void printStackTrace(PrintStream ps)
    {
      if (exception == null)
	{
	  super.printStackTrace(ps);
	}
      else
	{
	  ps.print(this.getClass() + ": ");
	  exception.printStackTrace(ps);
	}
    }

  /**
   * Print a stack trace of the exception that occurred to 
   * the specified <code>PrintWriter</code>.
   */
  public void printStackTrace(PrintWriter pw)
    {
      if (exception == null)
	{
	  super.printStackTrace(pw);
	}
      else
	{
	  pw.print(this.getClass() + ": ");
	  exception.printStackTrace(pw);
	}
    }
}