Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

java.lang
Class TypeNotPresentException

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Throwable
      extended by java.lang.Exception
          extended by java.lang.RuntimeException
              extended by 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

Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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