Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

java.io
Class InvalidClassException

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

Since:
JDK1.1
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 String classname
          Name of the invalid class.
 
Constructor Summary
InvalidClassException(String reason)
          Report an InvalidClassException for the reason specified.
InvalidClassException(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
 

Field Detail

classname

public String classname
Name of the invalid class.

Constructor Detail

InvalidClassException

public InvalidClassException(String reason)
Report an 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 in class Throwable
Returns:
the detail message string of this Throwable instance (which may be null).

Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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