java.io
Class InvalidClassException

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Throwable
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        +--java.lang.Exception
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              +--java.io.IOException
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                    +--java.io.ObjectStreamException
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                          +--java.io.InvalidClassException

public class InvalidClassException

extends ObjectStreamException

Thrown when the Serialization runtime detects one of the following problems with a Class.

• The serial version of the class does not match that of the class descriptor read from the stream
• The class contains unknown datatypes
• The class does not have an accessible no-arg constructor

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

String

classname

Constructor Summary

InvalidClassException(String reason)
Report a InvalidClassException for the reason specified.

InvalidClassException(String cname, String reason)

Method Summary

String

getMessage() Produce the message and include the classname, if present.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

classname

public String classname

Constructor Detail

InvalidClassException

public InvalidClassException(String reason)

Report a InvalidClassException for the reason specified.

InvalidClassException

public InvalidClassException(String cname,
                             String reason)

Method Detail

getMessage

public String getMessage()

Produce the message and include the classname, if present.

Overrides:

getMessage in class Throwable

Tags copied from class: Throwable

Returns:

the error message string of this Throwable object if it was created with an error message string; or null if it was created with no error message.