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

• java.lang.Object

• • java.lang.Throwable
  • • java.lang.Error
      • • java.lang.LinkageError
          * * java.lang.BootstrapMethodError

• All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable

public class BootstrapMethodError
extends LinkageError
Thrown to indicate that an invokedynamic instruction has failed to find its bootstrap method, or the bootstrap method has failed to provide acall site with a target of the correct method type.
Since:
1.7
See Also:
Serialized Form

• • Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  BootstrapMethodError()	Constructs a BootstrapMethodError with no detail message.
  BootstrapMethodError(String s)	Constructs a BootstrapMethodError with the specified detail message.
  BootstrapMethodError(String s,Throwable cause)	Constructs a BootstrapMethodError with the specified detail message and cause.
  BootstrapMethodError(Throwable cause)	Constructs a BootstrapMethodError with the specified 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

     * #### BootstrapMethodError  
     public BootstrapMethodError()  
     Constructs a `BootstrapMethodError` with no detail message.  
     * #### BootstrapMethodError  
     public BootstrapMethodError([String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") s)  
     Constructs a `BootstrapMethodError` with the specified detail message.  
     Parameters:  
     `s` \- the detail message.  
     * #### BootstrapMethodError  
     public BootstrapMethodError([String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") s,  
                                 [Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang") cause)  
     Constructs a `BootstrapMethodError` with the specified detail message and cause.  
     Parameters:  
     `s` \- the detail message.  
     `cause` \- the cause, may be `null`.  
     * #### BootstrapMethodError  
     public BootstrapMethodError([Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang") cause)  
     Constructs a `BootstrapMethodError` with the specified cause.  
     Parameters:  
     `cause` \- the cause, may be `null`.

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