RemoteException (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• java.lang.Object

• • java.lang.Throwable
  • • java.lang.Exception
      • • java.io.IOException
          * * java.rmi.RemoteException

• All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable
  Direct Known Subclasses:
  AccessException, ActivateFailedException, ActivityCompletedException, ActivityRequiredException, ConnectException, ConnectIOException, ExportException, InvalidActivityException, InvalidTransactionException, MarshalException, NoSuchObjectException, ServerError, ServerException, ServerRuntimeException, SkeletonMismatchException, SkeletonNotFoundException, StubNotFoundException, TransactionRequiredException, TransactionRolledbackException, UnexpectedException, UnknownHostException, UnmarshalException

public class RemoteException
extends IOException
A RemoteException is the common superclass for a number of communication-related exceptions that may occur during the execution of a remote method call. Each method of a remote interface, an interface that extends java.rmi.Remote, must listRemoteException in its throws clause.
As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism. The "wrapped remote exception" that may be provided at construction time and accessed via the public detail field is now known as the cause, and may be accessed via the Throwable.getCause() method, as well as the aforementioned "legacy field."
Invoking the method Throwable.initCause(Throwable) on an instance of RemoteException always throws IllegalStateException.
Since:
JDK1.1
See Also:
Serialized Form

• • Field Summary

  Fields

  Modifier and Type	Field	Description
  Throwable	detail	The cause of the remote exception.

  • Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  RemoteException()	Constructs a RemoteException.
  RemoteException(String s)	Constructs a RemoteException with the specified detail message.
  RemoteException(String s,Throwable cause)	Constructs a RemoteException with the specified detail message and cause.

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  Throwable	getCause()	Returns the cause of this exception.
  String	getMessage()	Returns the detail message, including the message from the cause, if any, of this exception.

     * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang")  
     `[addSuppressed](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#addSuppressed-java.lang.Throwable-), [fillInStackTrace](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#fillInStackTrace--), [getLocalizedMessage](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getLocalizedMessage--), [getStackTrace](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getStackTrace--), [getSuppressed](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getSuppressed--), [initCause](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#initCause-java.lang.Throwable-), [printStackTrace](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#printStackTrace--), [printStackTrace](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#printStackTrace-java.io.PrintStream-), [printStackTrace](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#printStackTrace-java.io.PrintWriter-), [setStackTrace](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#setStackTrace-java.lang.StackTraceElement:A-), [toString](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#toString--)`  
     * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")  
     `[clone](../../java/lang/Object.html#clone--), [equals](../../java/lang/Object.html#equals-java.lang.Object-), [finalize](../../java/lang/Object.html#finalize--), [getClass](../../java/lang/Object.html#getClass--), [hashCode](../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode--), [notify](../../java/lang/Object.html#notify--), [notifyAll](../../java/lang/Object.html#notifyAll--), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait--), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-)`

• • Field Detail

     * #### detail  
     public [Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang") detail  
     The cause of the remote exception.  
     This field predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility. The [Throwable.getCause()](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getCause--) method is now the preferred means of obtaining this information.  

  • Constructor Detail

    * #### RemoteException  
    public RemoteException()  
    Constructs a `RemoteException`.  
    * #### RemoteException  
    public RemoteException([String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") s)  
    Constructs a `RemoteException` with the specified detail message.  
    Parameters:  
    `s` \- the detail message  
    * #### RemoteException  
    public RemoteException([String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") s,  
                           [Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang") cause)  
    Constructs a `RemoteException` with the specified detail message and cause. This constructor sets the [detail](../../java/rmi/RemoteException.html#detail) field to the specified `Throwable`.  
    Parameters:  
    `s` \- the detail message  
    `cause` \- the cause  

  • Method Detail

    * #### getMessage  
    public [String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") getMessage()  
    Returns the detail message, including the message from the cause, if any, of this exception.  
    Overrides:  
    `[getMessage](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getMessage--)` in class `[Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang")`  
    Returns:  
    the detail message  
    * #### getCause  
    public [Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang") getCause()  
    Returns the cause of this exception. This method returns the value of the [detail](../../java/rmi/RemoteException.html#detail) field.  
    Overrides:  
    `[getCause](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getCause--)` in class `[Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang")`  
    Returns:  
    the cause, which may be null.  
    Since:  
    1.4

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