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§1.46 Class Error

public class java.lang.Error
    extends java.lang.Throwable (§1.21)
{
    public Error();	§1.46.1
    public Error(String s);	§1.46.2
}

An Error is a subclass of Throwable that indicates serious problems that a reasonable application should not try to catch. Most such errors are abnormal conditions. The only exception is the ThreadDeath error (§1.57), which though a “normal” condition, should not be most applications..

A method is not required to declare in its throws clause any subclasses of Error that might be thrown during the execution of the method but not caught, since these errors are abnormal conditions that should never occur.

public Error()

Constructs an Error with no specified detail message.

public Error(String s)

Constructs an Error with the specified detail message.

Parameters:: s - the detail message

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