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package java.lang;

RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.

A method is not required to declare in its throws clause any subclasses of RuntimeException that might be thrown during the execution of the method but not caught.

Author: Frank Yellin
Since: JDK1.0
/** * <code>RuntimeException</code> is the superclass of those * exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the * Java Virtual Machine. * <p> * A method is not required to declare in its <code>throws</code> * clause any subclasses of <code>RuntimeException</code> that might * be thrown during the execution of the method but not caught. * * * @author Frank Yellin * @since JDK1.0 */
public class RuntimeException extends Exception { static final long serialVersionUID = -7034897190745766939L;
Constructs a new runtime exception with null as its detail message. The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a call to Throwable.initCause.
/** Constructs a new runtime exception with <code>null</code> as its * detail message. The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be * initialized by a call to {@link #initCause}. */
public RuntimeException() { super(); }
Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message. The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a call to Throwable.initCause.
Params:
  • message – the detail message. The detail message is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method.
/** Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message. * The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a * call to {@link #initCause}. * * @param message the detail message. The detail message is saved for * later retrieval by the {@link #getMessage()} method. */
public RuntimeException(String message) { super(message); }
Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message and cause.

Note that the detail message associated with cause is not automatically incorporated in this runtime exception's detail message.

Params:
  • message – the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method).
  • cause – the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
Since: 1.4
/** * Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message and * cause. <p>Note that the detail message associated with * <code>cause</code> is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in * this runtime exception's detail message. * * @param message the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval * by the {@link #getMessage()} method). * @param cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the * {@link #getCause()} method). (A <tt>null</tt> value is * permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or * unknown.) * @since 1.4 */
public RuntimeException(String message, Throwable cause) { super(message, cause); }
Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause). This constructor is useful for runtime exceptions that are little more than wrappers for other throwables.
Params:
  • cause – the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
Since: 1.4
/** Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified cause and a * detail message of <tt>(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())</tt> * (which typically contains the class and detail message of * <tt>cause</tt>). This constructor is useful for runtime exceptions * that are little more than wrappers for other throwables. * * @param cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the * {@link #getCause()} method). (A <tt>null</tt> value is * permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or * unknown.) * @since 1.4 */
public RuntimeException(Throwable cause) { super(cause); } }