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## java.lang.reflect
Class UndeclaredThrowableException

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--java.lang.Throwable
            |
            +--java.lang.Exception
                  |
                  +--java.lang.RuntimeException
                        |
                        +--java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable

public class UndeclaredThrowableException
extends RuntimeException

Thrown by a method invocation on a proxy instance if its invocation handler's `invoke` method throws a checked exception (a `Throwable` that is not assignable to `RuntimeException` or `Error`) that is not assignable to any of the exception types declared in the `throws` clause of the method that was invoked on the proxy instance and dispatched to the invocation handler.

An `UndeclaredThrowableException` instance contains the undeclared checked exception that was thrown by the invocation handler, and it can be retrieved with the `getUndeclaredThrowable()` method. `UndeclaredThrowableException` extends `RuntimeException`, so it is an unchecked exception that wraps a checked exception.

As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism. The "undeclared checked exception that was thrown by the invocation handler" that may be provided at construction time and accessed via the `getUndeclaredThrowable()` method is now known as the cause, and may be accessed via the `Throwable.getCause()` method, as well as the aforementioned "legacy method."

Since:
  JDK1.3
See Also:
  `InvocationHandler`, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`UndeclaredThrowableException(Throwable undeclaredThrowable)` Constructs an `UndeclaredThrowableException` with the specified `Throwable`.
`UndeclaredThrowableException(Throwable undeclaredThrowable, String s)` Constructs an `UndeclaredThrowableException` with the specified `Throwable` and a detail message.

Method Summary
`Throwable` | `getCause()` Returns the the cause of this exception (the `Throwable` instance wrapped in this `UndeclaredThrowableException`, which may be `null`).
`Throwable` | `getUndeclaredThrowable()` Returns the `Throwable` instance wrapped in this `UndeclaredThrowableException`, which may be `null`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
`fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### UndeclaredThrowableException

    public UndeclaredThrowableException(Throwable undeclaredThrowable)

  Constructs an `UndeclaredThrowableException` with the specified `Throwable`.

Parameters:
  `undeclaredThrowable` - the undeclared checked exception that was thrown

### UndeclaredThrowableException

    public UndeclaredThrowableException(Throwable undeclaredThrowable,
                                        String s)

  Constructs an `UndeclaredThrowableException` with the specified `Throwable` and a detail message.

Parameters:
  `undeclaredThrowable` - the undeclared checked exception that was thrown
  `s` - the detail message

Method Detail

### getUndeclaredThrowable

    public Throwable getUndeclaredThrowable()

  Returns the `Throwable` instance wrapped in this `UndeclaredThrowableException`, which may be `null`.

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

  Returns:
    the undeclared checked exception that was thrown

### getCause

    public Throwable getCause()

  Returns the the cause of this exception (the `Throwable` instance wrapped in this `UndeclaredThrowableException`, which may be `null`).

  Overrides:
    `getCause` in class `Throwable`
  Returns:
    the cause of this exception.
  Since:
    1.4

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