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

• java.lang.Object

• • java.lang.Throwable
  • • java.lang.Error
      • • java.lang.VirtualMachineError
          * * java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

• All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable

public class OutOfMemoryError
extends VirtualMachineError
Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine cannot allocate an object because it is out of memory, and no more memory could be made available by the garbage collector.OutOfMemoryError objects may be constructed by the virtual machine as if suppression were disabled and/or the stack trace was not writable.
Since:
JDK1.0
See Also:
Serialized Form

• • Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  OutOfMemoryError()	Constructs an OutOfMemoryError with no detail message.
  OutOfMemoryError(String s)	Constructs an OutOfMemoryError with the specified detail message.

  • 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

     * #### OutOfMemoryError  
     public OutOfMemoryError()  
     Constructs an `OutOfMemoryError` with no detail message.  
     * #### OutOfMemoryError  
     public OutOfMemoryError([String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") s)  
     Constructs an `OutOfMemoryError` with the specified detail message.  
     Parameters:  
     `s` \- the detail message.

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