java.lang
Class TypeNotPresentException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              java.lang.TypeNotPresentException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class TypeNotPresentException
extends RuntimeException

Thrown when an application tries to access a type using a string representing the type's name, but no definition for the type with the specified name can be found. This exception differs from ClassNotFoundException in that ClassNotFoundException is a checked exception, whereas this exception is unchecked.

Note that this exception may be used when undefined type variables are accessed as well as when types (e.g., classes, interfaces or annotation types) are loaded.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

TypeNotPresentException(String typeName, Throwable cause)
Constructs a TypeNotPresentException for the named type with the specified cause.

Method Summary

String

typeName() Returns the fully qualified name of the unavailable type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TypeNotPresentException

public TypeNotPresentException(String typeName,
                               Throwable cause)

Constructs a TypeNotPresentException for the named type with the specified cause.

Parameters:

typeName - the fully qualified name of the unavailable type

cause - the exception that was thrown when the system attempted to load the named type, or null if unavailable or inapplicable

Method Detail

typeName

public String typeName()

Returns the fully qualified name of the unavailable type.

Returns:

the fully qualified name of the unavailable type