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Class java.lang.NullPointerException

Object
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   +----Throwable
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           +----Exception
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                   +----RuntimeException
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                           +----java.lang.NullPointerException

public class NullPointerException

extends RuntimeException

• Calling the instance method of a null object.
• Accessing or modifying the field of a null object.
• Taking the length of null as if it were an array.
• Accessing or modifying the slots of null as if it were an array.
• Throwing null as if it were a Throwable value.

Applications should throw instances of this class to indicate other illegal uses of the null object.

Version:

1.12, 07/01/98

Author:

unascribed

Since:

JDK1.0

java.lang.NullPointerException()

Constructs a NullPointerException with no detail message.

java.lang.NullPointerException(String)

Constructs a NullPointerException with the specified detail message.

public NullPointerException()

Constructs a NullPointerException with no detail message.

Since:

JDK1.0

public NullPointerException(String s)

Constructs a NullPointerException with the specified detail message.

Parameters:

s - the detail message.

Since:

JDK1.0

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