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{@code RuntimeException} and its subclasses are unchecked * exceptions. Unchecked exceptions do not need to be * declared in a method or constructor's {@code throws} clause if they * can be thrown by the execution of the method or constructor and * propagate outside the method or constructor boundary. * * @author Frank Yellin * @jls 11.2 Compile-Time Checking of Exceptions * @since JDK1.0 */ public class RuntimeException extends Exception { static final long serialVersionUID = -7034897190745766939L; /** Constructs a new runtime exception with {@code null} 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 {@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 * {@code cause} is not 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 null 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. * * @param cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the * {@link #getCause()} method). (A null value is * permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or * unknown.) * @since 1.4 */ public RuntimeException(Throwable cause) { super(cause); } /** * Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail * message, cause, suppression enabled or disabled, and writable * stack trace enabled or disabled. * * @param message the detail message. * @param cause the cause. (A {@code null} value is permitted, * and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.) * @param enableSuppression whether or not suppression is enabled * or disabled * @param writableStackTrace whether or not the stack trace should * be writable * * @since 1.7 */ protected RuntimeException(String message, Throwable cause, boolean enableSuppression, boolean writableStackTrace) { super(message, cause, enableSuppression, writableStackTrace); } }