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java.rmi

Class RemoteException

java.lang.Object
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+--java.lang.Throwable
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   +--java.lang.Exception
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      +--java.io.IOException
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         +--java.rmi.RemoteException


public class RemoteException

extends IOException

The superclass of exceptions related to RMI (remote method invocation). Classes that implement java.rmi.Remote should list this exception in their throws clause.

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Field Summary

java.lang.Throwabledetail

The cause of this exception.

Constructor Summary

RemoteException()

Create an exception with no message, and cause initialized to null.
RemoteException(java.lang.String s)

Create an exception with the given message, and cause initialized to null.
RemoteException(java.lang.String s, java.lang.Throwable e)

Create an exception with the given message and cause.

Method Summary

java.lang.ThrowablegetCause()

Returns the cause of this exception.
java.lang.StringgetMessage()

This method returns a message indicating what went wrong, in this format: super.getMessage() + (detail == null ? "" : "; nested exception is:\n\t" + detail).

Field Details

detail

public Throwable detail

The cause of this exception. This pre-dates the exception chaining of Throwable; and although you can change this field, you are wiser to leave it alone.


Constructor Details

RemoteException

public RemoteException()

Create an exception with no message, and cause initialized to null.


RemoteException

public RemoteException(java.lang.String s)

Create an exception with the given message, and cause initialized to null.

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RemoteException

public RemoteException(java.lang.String s, java.lang.Throwable e)

Create an exception with the given message and cause.

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Method Details

getCause

public Throwable getCause()

Returns the cause of this exception. Note that this may not be the original cause, thanks to the detail field being public and non-final (yuck). However, to avoid violating the contract of Throwable.getCause(), this returns null if detail == this, as no exception can be its own cause.

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getMessage

public String getMessage()

This method returns a message indicating what went wrong, in this format: super.getMessage() + (detail == null ? "" : "; nested exception is:\n\t" + detail).

Returns: