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src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ExceptionInInitializerError.java
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@@ -23,10 +23,15 @@
* questions.
*/
package java.lang;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectStreamField;
+
/**
* Signals that an unexpected exception has occurred in a static initializer.
* An <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> is thrown to indicate that an
* exception occurred during evaluation of a static initializer or the
* initializer for a static variable.
@@ -46,20 +51,10 @@
* Use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1.X for interoperability
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1521711792217232256L;
/**
- * This field holds the exception if the
- * ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown) constructor was
- * used to instantiate the object
- *
- * @serial
- *
- */
- private Throwable exception;
-
- /**
* Constructs an <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> with
* <code>null</code> as its detail message string and with no saved
* throwable object.
* A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.
*/
@@ -74,27 +69,24 @@
* message string is set to <code>null</code>.
*
* @param thrown The exception thrown
*/
public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown) {
- initCause(null); // Disallow subsequent initCause
- this.exception = thrown;
+ super(null, thrown); // Disallow subsequent initCause
}
/**
- * Constructs an ExceptionInInitializerError with the specified detail
+ * Constructs an {@code 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 {@link Throwable#getMessage()} method. There is no
* saved throwable object.
*
- *
* @param s the detail message
*/
public ExceptionInInitializerError(String s) {
- super(s);
- initCause(null); // Disallow subsequent initCause
+ super(s, null); // Disallow subsequent initCause
}
/**
* Returns the exception that occurred during a static initialization that
* caused this error to be created.
@@ -107,20 +99,45 @@
* <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code>, or <code>null</code>
* if this <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> has no saved
* throwable object.
*/
public Throwable getException() {
- return exception;
+ return super.getCause();
}
/**
- * Returns the cause of this error (the exception that occurred
- * during a static initialization that caused this error to be created).
+ * Serializable fields for ExceptionInInitializerError.
*
- * @return the cause of this error or <code>null</code> if the
- * cause is nonexistent or unknown.
- * @since 1.4
+ * @serialField exception Throwable
*/
- public Throwable getCause() {
- return exception;
+ private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields = {
+ new ObjectStreamField("exception", Throwable.class)
+ };
+
+ /*
+ * Reconstitutes the ExceptionInInitializerError instance from a stream
+ * and initialize the cause properly when deserializing from an older
+ * version.
+ *
+ * The getException and getCause method returns the private "exception"
+ * field in the older implementation and ExceptionInInitializerError::cause
+ * was set to null.
+ */
+ private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+ ObjectInputStream.GetField fields = s.readFields();
+ Throwable exception = (Throwable) fields.get("exception", null);
+ if (exception != null) {
+ setCause(exception);
+ }
}
+
+ /*
+ * To maintain compatibility with older implementation, write a serial
+ * "exception" field with the cause as the value.
+ */
+ private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
+ ObjectOutputStream.PutField fields = out.putFields();
+ fields.put("exception", super.getCause());
+ out.writeFields();
+ }
+
}
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