java.lang
Class RuntimeException

java.lang.Object
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 +--java.lang.Throwable
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 +--java.lang.Exception
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 +--java.lang.RuntimeException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AlreadyDefinedException, ArithmeticException, ArrayStoreException, AuditFailedException, ClassCastException, ConcurrentModificationException, EmptyStackException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalMonitorStateException, IllegalStateException, IncompleteQuasiException, IndexOutOfBoundsException, MissingResourceException, NeedMoreException, NegativeArraySizeException, NestedException, NoSuchElementException, NullPointerException, ProviderException, SecurityException, SWTException, SyntaxException, TwineException, UnsupportedOperationException, ViciousCycleException

public class RuntimeException

extends Exception

Safe: RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.

A method is not required to declare in its throws clause any subclasses of RuntimeException that might be thrown during the execution of the method but not caught.

Since:

JDK1.0

Version:

1.11, 12/03/01

Author:

Frank Yellin

See Also:

Serialized Form

serialVersionUID

static final long serialVersionUID

RuntimeException

public RuntimeException()

Enabled: Constructs a new runtime exception with null as its detail message. The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a call to Throwable.initCause(java.lang.Throwable).

RuntimeException

public RuntimeException(String message)

Enabled: Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message. The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a call to Throwable.initCause(java.lang.Throwable).

Parameters:

message - the detail message. The detail message is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method.

RuntimeException

public RuntimeException(String message,
 Throwable cause)

Suppressed: Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message and cause.

Note that the detail message associated with cause is not automatically incorporated in this runtime exception's detail message.

Parameters:

message - the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method).

cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

Since:

1.4

RuntimeException

public RuntimeException(Throwable cause)

Suppressed: Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause). This constructor is useful for runtime exceptions that are little more than wrappers for other throwables.

Parameters:

cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

Since:

1.4