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

• 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:
JDK1.0
See Also:
Serialized Form

• • Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  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 an 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 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--), [getCause](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getCause--), [getLocalizedMessage](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getLocalizedMessage--), [getMessage](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getMessage--), [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-)`

• • Constructor Detail

     * #### VirtualMachineError  
     public VirtualMachineError()  
     Constructs a `VirtualMachineError` with no detail message.  
     * #### VirtualMachineError  
     public VirtualMachineError([String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") message)  
     Constructs a `VirtualMachineError` with the specified detail message.  
     Parameters:  
     `message` \- the detail message.  
     * #### VirtualMachineError  
     public VirtualMachineError([String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") message,  
                                [Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang") 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()](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getMessage--) method).  
     `cause` \- the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the[Throwable.getCause()](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getCause--) method). (A `null` value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)  
     Since:  
     1.8  
     * #### VirtualMachineError  
     public VirtualMachineError([Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang") cause)  
     Constructs an 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()](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getCause--) method). (A `null` value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)  
     Since:  
     1.8

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