Added in API level 1

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.

As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism. The "saved throwable object" that may be provided at construction time and accessed via the getException() method is now known as the cause, and may be accessed via the Throwable#getCause() method, as well as the aforementioned "legacy method."

Summary

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

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

Properties
open Throwable?	`cause` Returns the cause of this error (the exception that occurred during a static initialization that caused this error to be created).

Public constructors

<init>

Added in API level 1

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.

<init>

Added in API level 1

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

<init>

Added in API level 1

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

Public methods

getException

Added in API level 1

open fun getException(): Throwable!

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

This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility. The Throwable#getCause() method is now the preferred means of obtaining this information.

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

Properties

cause

Added in API level 1

open val cause: Throwable?

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

Return
`Throwable?`	the cause of this error or `null` if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.