InvalidClassException (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

java.lang.Object extended by java.lang.Throwable java.lang.Exception java.io.IOException java.io.ObjectStreamException java.io.InvalidClassException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class InvalidClassException

extends ObjectStreamException

Thrown when the Serialization runtime detects one of the following problems with a Class.

The serial version of the class does not match that of the class descriptor read from the stream
The class contains unknown datatypes
The class does not have an accessible no-arg constructor

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary
String	classname Name of the invalid class.

Constructor Summary
InvalidClassException(String reason) Report a InvalidClassException for the reason specified.
[InvalidClassException](../../java/io/InvalidClassException.html#InvalidClassException%28java.lang.String, java.lang.String%29)(String cname,String reason) Constructs an InvalidClassException object.

Method Summary
String	getMessage() Produce the message and include the classname, if present.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)

Field Detail

classname

public String classname

Name of the invalid class.

Constructor Detail

InvalidClassException

public InvalidClassException(String reason)

Report a InvalidClassException for the reason specified.

Parameters:

reason - String describing the reason for the exception.

InvalidClassException

public InvalidClassException(String cname, String reason)

Constructs an InvalidClassException object.

Parameters:

cname - a String naming the invalid class.

reason - a String describing the reason for the exception.

Method Detail

getMessage

public String getMessage()

Produce the message and include the classname, if present.

Overrides:

[getMessage](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getMessage%28%29) in class [Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang")

Returns:

the detail message string of this Throwable instance (which may be null).

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