ExceptionInInitializerError

open class ExceptionInInitializerError : LinkageError

kotlin.Any
↳	kotlin.Throwable
	↳	java.lang.Error
		↳	java.lang.LinkageError
			↳	java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

Signals that an unexpected exception has occurred in a static initializer. An ExceptionInInitializerError is thrown to indicate that an exception occurred during evaluation of a static initializer or the initializer for a static variable.

Summary

Public constructors
`ExceptionInInitializerError()` Constructs an `ExceptionInInitializerError` with `null` as its detail message string and with no saved throwable object.
`ExceptionInInitializerError(s: String!)` Constructs an `ExceptionInInitializerError` with the specified detail message string.
`ExceptionInInitializerError(thrown: Throwable!)` Constructs a new `ExceptionInInitializerError` class by saving a reference to the `Throwable` object thrown for later retrieval by the `getException()` method.

Public methods
open Throwable!	`getException()` Returns the exception that occurred during a static initialization that caused this error to be created.

Public constructors

ExceptionInInitializerError()

Constructs an ExceptionInInitializerError with null as its detail message string and with no saved throwable object. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.

ExceptionInInitializerError

ExceptionInInitializerError(s: String!)

Constructs an ExceptionInInitializerError with the specified detail message string. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception. The detail message string is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method. There is no saved throwable object.

Parameters
`s`	String!: the detail message

ExceptionInInitializerError

ExceptionInInitializerError(thrown: Throwable!)

Constructs a new ExceptionInInitializerError class by saving a reference to the Throwable object thrown for later retrieval by the getException() method. The detail message string is set to null.

Parameters
`thrown`	Throwable!: The exception thrown

Public methods

getException

open fun getException(): Throwable!

Returns the exception that occurred during a static initialization that caused this error to be created.

Return
`Throwable!`	the saved throwable object of this `ExceptionInInitializerError`, or `null` if this `ExceptionInInitializerError` has no saved throwable object.

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