Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

Uses of Class
java.lang.RuntimeException

Packages that use RuntimeException
java.awt Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images. 
java.awt.color Provides classes for color spaces. 
java.awt.dnd Drag and Drop is a direct manipulation gesture found in many Graphical User Interface systems that provides a mechanism to transfer information between two entities logically associated with presentation elements in the GUI. 
java.awt.geom Provides the Java 2D classes for defining and performing operations on objects related to two-dimensional geometry. 
java.awt.image Provides classes for creating and modifying images. 
java.lang Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language. 
java.lang.annotation Provides library support for the Java programming language annotation facility. 
java.lang.reflect Provides classes and interfaces for obtaining reflective information about classes and objects. 
java.nio Defines buffers, which are containers for data, and provides an overview of the other NIO packages. 
java.nio.channels Defines channels, which represent connections to entities that are capable of performing I/O operations, such as files and sockets; defines selectors, for multiplexed, non-blocking I/O operations. 
java.nio.charset Defines charsets, decoders, and encoders, for translating between bytes and Unicode characters. 
java.rmi Provides the RMI package. 
java.security Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework. 
java.util Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event model, date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array). 
java.util.concurrent Utility classes commonly useful in concurrent programming. 
java.util.regex Classes for matching character sequences against patterns specified by regular expressions. 
javax.lang.model.element Interfaces used to model elements of the Java programming language. 
javax.lang.model.type Interfaces used to model Java programming language types. 
javax.management Provides the core classes for the Java Management Extensions. 
javax.management.monitor Provides the definition of the monitor classes. 
javax.management.openmbean Provides the open data types and Open MBean descriptor classes. 
javax.print.attribute Provides classes and interfaces that describe the types of JavaTM Print Service attributes and how they can be collected into attribute sets. 
javax.swing.undo Allows developers to provide support for undo/redo in applications such as text editors. 
javax.xml.bind Provides a runtime binding framework for client applications including unmarshalling, marshalling, and validation capabilities. 
javax.xml.crypto Common classes for XML cryptography. 
javax.xml.ws This package contains the core JAX-WS APIs. 
javax.xml.ws.http This package defines APIs specific to the HTTP binding. 
javax.xml.ws.soap This package defines APIs specific to the SOAP binding. 
org.omg.CORBA Provides the mapping of the OMG CORBA APIs to the JavaTM programming language, including the class ORB, which is implemented so that a programmer can use it as a fully-functional Object Request Broker (ORB). 
org.omg.CORBA.portable Provides a portability layer, that is, a set of ORB APIs that makes it possible for code generated by one vendor to run on another vendor's ORB. 
org.w3c.dom Provides the interfaces for the Document Object Model (DOM) which is a component API of the Java API for XML Processing
org.w3c.dom.events   
org.w3c.dom.ls   
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.awt
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.awt
 class HeadlessException
          Thrown when code that is dependent on a keyboard, display, or mouse is called in an environment that does not support a keyboard, display, or mouse.
 class IllegalComponentStateException
          Signals that an AWT component is not in an appropriate state for the requested operation.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.awt.color
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.awt.color
 class CMMException
          This exception is thrown if the native CMM returns an error.
 class ProfileDataException
          This exception is thrown when an error occurs in accessing or processing an ICC_Profile object.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.awt.dnd
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.awt.dnd
 class InvalidDnDOperationException
          This exception is thrown by various methods in the java.awt.dnd package.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.awt.geom
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.awt.geom
 class IllegalPathStateException
          The IllegalPathStateException represents an exception that is thrown if an operation is performed on a path that is in an illegal state with respect to the particular operation being performed, such as appending a path segment to a GeneralPath without an initial moveto.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.awt.image
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.awt.image
 class ImagingOpException
          The ImagingOpException is thrown if one of the BufferedImageOp or RasterOp filter methods cannot process the image.
 class RasterFormatException
          The RasterFormatException is thrown if there is invalid layout information in the Raster.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.lang
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.lang
 class ArithmeticException
          Thrown when an exceptional arithmetic condition has occurred.
 class ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
          Thrown to indicate that an array has been accessed with an illegal index.
 class ArrayStoreException
          Thrown to indicate that an attempt has been made to store the wrong type of object into an array of objects.
 class ClassCastException
          Thrown to indicate that the code has attempted to cast an object to a subclass of which it is not an instance.
 class EnumConstantNotPresentException
          Thrown when an application tries to access an enum constant by name and the enum type contains no constant with the specified name.
 class IllegalArgumentException
          Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
 class IllegalMonitorStateException
          Thrown to indicate that a thread has attempted to wait on an object's monitor or to notify other threads waiting on an object's monitor without owning the specified monitor.
 class IllegalStateException
          Signals that a method has been invoked at an illegal or inappropriate time.
 class IllegalThreadStateException
          Thrown to indicate that a thread is not in an appropriate state for the requested operation.
 class IndexOutOfBoundsException
          Thrown to indicate that an index of some sort (such as to an array, to a string, or to a vector) is out of range.
 class NegativeArraySizeException
          Thrown if an application tries to create an array with negative size.
 class NullPointerException
          Thrown when an application attempts to use null in a case where an object is required.
 class NumberFormatException
          Thrown to indicate that the application has attempted to convert a string to one of the numeric types, but that the string does not have the appropriate format.
 class SecurityException
          Thrown by the security manager to indicate a security violation.
 class StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
          Thrown by String methods to indicate that an index is either negative or greater than the size of the string.
 class TypeNotPresentException
          Thrown when an application tries to access a type using a string representing the type's name, but no definition for the type with the specified name can be found.
 class UnsupportedOperationException
          Thrown to indicate that the requested operation is not supported.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.lang.annotation
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.lang.annotation
 class AnnotationTypeMismatchException
          Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation whose type has changed after the annotation was compiled (or serialized).
 class IncompleteAnnotationException
          Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation type that was added to the annotation type definition after the annotation was compiled (or serialized).
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.lang.reflect
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.lang.reflect
 class MalformedParameterizedTypeException
          Thrown when a semantically malformed parameterized type is encountered by a reflective method that needs to instantiate it.
 class UndeclaredThrowableException
          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.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.nio
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.nio
 class BufferOverflowException
          Unchecked exception thrown when a relative put operation reaches the target buffer's limit.
 class BufferUnderflowException
          Unchecked exception thrown when a relative get operation reaches the source buffer's limit.
 class InvalidMarkException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to reset a buffer when its mark is not defined.
 class ReadOnlyBufferException
          Unchecked exception thrown when a content-mutation method such as put or compact is invoked upon a read-only buffer.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.nio.channels
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.nio.channels
 class AlreadyConnectedException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to connect a SocketChannel that is already connected.
 class CancelledKeyException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to use a selection key that is no longer valid.
 class ClosedSelectorException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to invoke an I/O operation upon a closed selector.
 class ConnectionPendingException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to connect a SocketChannel for which a non-blocking connection operation is already in progress.
 class IllegalBlockingModeException
          Unchecked exception thrown when a blocking-mode-specific operation is invoked upon a channel in the incorrect blocking mode.
 class IllegalSelectorException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to register a channel with a selector that was not created by the provider that created the channel.
 class NoConnectionPendingException
          Unchecked exception thrown when the finishConnect method of a SocketChannel is invoked without first successfully invoking its connect method.
 class NonReadableChannelException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to read from a channel that was not originally opened for reading.
 class NonWritableChannelException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to write to a channel that was not originally opened for writing.
 class NotYetBoundException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to invoke an I/O operation upon a server socket channel that is not yet bound.
 class NotYetConnectedException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to invoke an I/O operation upon a socket channel that is not yet connected.
 class OverlappingFileLockException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to acquire a lock on a region of a file that overlaps a region already locked by the same Java virtual machine, or when another thread is already waiting to lock an overlapping region of the same file.
 class UnresolvedAddressException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to invoke a network operation upon an unresolved socket address.
 class UnsupportedAddressTypeException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an attempt is made to bind or connect to a socket address of a type that is not supported.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.nio.charset
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.nio.charset
 class IllegalCharsetNameException
          Unchecked exception thrown when a string that is not a legal charset name is used as such.
 class UnsupportedCharsetException
          Unchecked exception thrown when no support is available for a requested charset.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.rmi
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.rmi
 class RMISecurityException
          Deprecated. Use SecurityException instead. Application code should never directly reference this class, and RMISecurityManager no longer throws this subclass of java.lang.SecurityException.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.security
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.security
 class AccessControlException
           This exception is thrown by the AccessController to indicate that a requested access (to a critical system resource such as the file system or the network) is denied.
 class InvalidParameterException
          This exception, designed for use by the JCA/JCE engine classes, is thrown when an invalid parameter is passed to a method.
 class ProviderException
          A runtime exception for Provider exceptions (such as misconfiguration errors or unrecoverable internal errors), which may be subclassed by Providers to throw specialized, provider-specific runtime errors.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.util
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.util
 class ConcurrentModificationException
          This exception may be thrown by methods that have detected concurrent modification of an object when such modification is not permissible.
 class DuplicateFormatFlagsException
          Unchecked exception thrown when duplicate flags are provided in the format specifier.
 class EmptyStackException
          Thrown by methods in the Stack class to indicate that the stack is empty.
 class FormatFlagsConversionMismatchException
          Unchecked exception thrown when a conversion and flag are incompatible.
 class FormatterClosedException
          Unchecked exception thrown when the formatter has been closed.
 class IllegalFormatCodePointException
          Unchecked exception thrown when a character with an invalid Unicode code point as defined by Character.isValidCodePoint(int) is passed to the Formatter.
 class IllegalFormatConversionException
          Unchecked exception thrown when the argument corresponding to the format specifier is of an incompatible type.
 class IllegalFormatException
          Unchecked exception thrown when a format string contains an illegal syntax or a format specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments.
 class IllegalFormatFlagsException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an illegal combination flags is given.
 class IllegalFormatPrecisionException
          Unchecked exception thrown when the precision is a negative value other than -1, the conversion does not support a precision, or the value is otherwise unsupported.
 class IllegalFormatWidthException
          Unchecked exception thrown when the format width is a negative value other than -1 or is otherwise unsupported.
 class InputMismatchException
          Thrown by a Scanner to indicate that the token retrieved does not match the pattern for the expected type, or that the token is out of range for the expected type.
 class MissingFormatArgumentException
          Unchecked exception thrown when there is a format specifier which does not have a corresponding argument or if an argument index refers to an argument that does not exist.
 class MissingFormatWidthException
          Unchecked exception thrown when the format width is required.
 class MissingResourceException
          Signals that a resource is missing.
 class NoSuchElementException
          Thrown by the nextElement method of an Enumeration to indicate that there are no more elements in the enumeration.
 class UnknownFormatConversionException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an unknown conversion is given.
 class UnknownFormatFlagsException
          Unchecked exception thrown when an unknown flag is given.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.util.concurrent
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.util.concurrent
 class CancellationException
          Exception indicating that the result of a value-producing task, such as a FutureTask, cannot be retrieved because the task was cancelled.
 class RejectedExecutionException
          Exception thrown by an Executor when a task cannot be accepted for execution.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in java.util.regex
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in java.util.regex
 class PatternSyntaxException
          Unchecked exception thrown to indicate a syntax error in a regular-expression pattern.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in javax.lang.model.element
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in javax.lang.model.element
 class UnknownAnnotationValueException
          Indicates that an unknown kind of annotation value was encountered.
 class UnknownElementException
          Indicates that an unknown kind of element was encountered.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in javax.lang.model.type
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in javax.lang.model.type
 class MirroredTypeException
          Thrown when an application attempts to access the Class object corresponding to a TypeMirror.
 class MirroredTypesException
          Thrown when an application attempts to access a sequence of Class objects each corresponding to a TypeMirror.
 class UnknownTypeException
          Indicates that an unknown kind of type was encountered.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in javax.management
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in javax.management
 class JMRuntimeException
          Runtime exceptions emitted by JMX implementations.
 class RuntimeErrorException
          When a java.lang.Error occurs in the agent it should be caught and re-thrown as a RuntimeErrorException.
 class RuntimeMBeanException
          Represents runtime exceptions thrown by MBean methods in the agent.
 class RuntimeOperationsException
          Represents runtime exceptions thrown in the agent when performing operations on MBeans.
 

Methods in javax.management that return RuntimeException
 RuntimeException RuntimeOperationsException.getTargetException()
          Returns the actual RuntimeException thrown.
 RuntimeException RuntimeMBeanException.getTargetException()
          Returns the actual RuntimeException thrown.
 

Constructors in javax.management with parameters of type RuntimeException
RuntimeMBeanException(RuntimeException e)
          Creates a RuntimeMBeanException that wraps the actual java.lang.RuntimeException.
RuntimeMBeanException(RuntimeException e, String message)
          Creates a RuntimeMBeanException that wraps the actual java.lang.RuntimeException with a detailed message.
RuntimeOperationsException(RuntimeException e)
          Creates a RuntimeOperationsException that wraps the actual java.lang.RuntimeException.
RuntimeOperationsException(RuntimeException e, String message)
          Creates a RuntimeOperationsException that wraps the actual java.lang.RuntimeException with a detailed message.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in javax.management.monitor
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in javax.management.monitor
 class MonitorSettingException
          Exception thrown by the monitor when a monitor setting becomes invalid while the monitor is running.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in javax.management.openmbean
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in javax.management.openmbean
 class InvalidKeyException
          This runtime exception is thrown to indicate that a method parameter which was expected to be an item name of a composite data or a row index of a tabular data is not valid.
 class InvalidOpenTypeException
          This runtime exception is thrown to indicate that the open type of an open data value is not the one expected.
 class KeyAlreadyExistsException
          This runtime exception is thrown to indicate that the index of a row to be added to a tabular data instance is already used to refer to another row in this tabular data instance.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in javax.print.attribute
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in javax.print.attribute
 class UnmodifiableSetException
          Thrown to indicate that the requested operation cannot be performed because the set is unmodifiable.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in javax.swing.undo
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in javax.swing.undo
 class CannotRedoException
          Thrown when an UndoableEdit is told to redo() and can't.
 class CannotUndoException
          Thrown when an UndoableEdit is told to undo() and can't.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in javax.xml.bind
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in javax.xml.bind
 class TypeConstraintException
          This exception indicates that a violation of a dynamically checked type constraint was detected.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in javax.xml.crypto
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in javax.xml.crypto
 class NoSuchMechanismException
          This exception is thrown when a particular XML mechanism is requested but is not available in the environment.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in javax.xml.ws
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in javax.xml.ws
 class ProtocolException
          The ProtocolException class is a base class for exceptions related to a specific protocol binding.
 class WebServiceException
          The WebServiceException class is the base exception class for all JAX-WS API runtime exceptions.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in javax.xml.ws.http
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in javax.xml.ws.http
 class HTTPException
          The HTTPException exception represents a XML/HTTP fault.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in javax.xml.ws.soap
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in javax.xml.ws.soap
 class SOAPFaultException
          The SOAPFaultException exception represents a SOAP 1.1 or 1.2 fault.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in org.omg.CORBA
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in org.omg.CORBA
 class ACTIVITY_COMPLETED
          The ACTIVITY_COMPLETED system exception may be raised on any method for which Activity context is accessed.
 class ACTIVITY_REQUIRED
          The ACTIVITY_REQUIRED system exception may be raised on any method for which an Activity context is required.
 class BAD_CONTEXT
          Exception thrown when an operation is invoked by a client but the passed context does not contain the context values required by the operation.
 class BAD_INV_ORDER
          This exception indicates that the caller has invoked operations in the wrong order.
 class BAD_OPERATION
          Exception thrown when an object reference denotes an existing object, but that the object does not support the operation that was invoked.
 class BAD_PARAM
          Exception thrown when a parameter passed to a call is out of range or otherwise considered illegal.
 class BAD_QOS
          The BAD_QOS exception is raised whenever an object cannot support the quality of service required by an invocation parameter that has a quality of service semantics associated with it.
 class BAD_TYPECODE
          Exception thrown when the ORB has encountered a malformed type code (for example, a type code with an invalid TCKind value).
 class CODESET_INCOMPATIBLE
          This exception is raised whenever meaningful communication is not possible between client and server native code sets.
 class COMM_FAILURE
          This exception is raised if communication is lost while an operation is in progress, after the request was sent by the client, but before the reply from the server has been returned to the client.
 class DATA_CONVERSION
          This exception is raised if an ORB cannot convert the representation of data as marshaled into its native representation or vice-versa.
 class FREE_MEM
          Exception thrown when the ORB failed in an attempt to free dynamic memory, for example because of heap corruption or memory segments being locked.
 class IMP_LIMIT
          This exception indicates that an implementation limit was exceeded in the ORB run time.
 class INITIALIZE
          Exception thrown when an ORB has encountered a failure during its initialization, such as failure to acquire networking resources or detecting a configuration error.
 class INTERNAL
          This exception indicates an internal failure in an ORB, for example, if an ORB has detected corruption of its internal data structures.
 class INTF_REPOS
          Exception raised when an ORB cannot reach the interface repository, or some other failure relating to the interface repository is detected.
 class INV_FLAG
          Exception thrown when an invalid flag was passed to an operation (for example, when creating a DII request).
 class INV_IDENT
          This exception indicates that an IDL identifier is syntactically invalid.
 class INV_OBJREF
          This exception indicates that an object reference is internally malformed.
 class INV_POLICY
          Standard exception thrown when an invocation cannot be made because of an incompatibility between Policy overrides that apply to the particular invocation.
 class INVALID_ACTIVITY
          The INVALID_ACTIVITY system exception may be raised on the Activity or Transaction services' resume methods if a transaction or Activity is resumed in a context different to that from which it was suspended.
 class INVALID_TRANSACTION
          Exception thrown when the request carried an invalid transaction context.
 class MARSHAL
          A request or reply from the network is structurally invalid.
 class NO_IMPLEMENT
          This exception indicates that even though the operation that was invoked exists (it has an IDL definition), no implementation for that operation exists.
 class NO_MEMORY
          Exception thrown when the ORB run time has run out of memory.
 class NO_PERMISSION
          Exception thrown when an invocation failed because the caller has insufficient privileges.
 class NO_RESOURCES
          Exception thrown when the ORB has encountered some general resource limitation.
 class NO_RESPONSE
          This exception is raised if a client attempts to retrieve the result of a deferred synchronous call, but the response for the request is not yet available.
 class OBJ_ADAPTER
          This exception typically indicates an administrative mismatch, for example, a server may have made an attempt to register itself with an implementation repository under a name that is already in use, or is unknown to the repository.
 class OBJECT_NOT_EXIST
          Exception raised whenever an invocation on a deleted object was performed.
 class PERSIST_STORE
          This exception indicates a persistent storage failure, for example, failure to establish a database connection or corruption of a database.
 class REBIND
          REBIND is raised when the current effective RebindPolicy, has a value of NO_REBIND or NO_RECONNECT and an invocation on a bound object reference results in a LocateReply message with status OBJECT_FORWARD or a Reply message with status LOCATION_FORWARD.
 class SystemException
          The root class for all CORBA standard exceptions.
 class TIMEOUT
          TIMEOUT is raised when no delivery has been made and the specified time-to-live period has been exceeded.
 class TRANSACTION_MODE
          The CORBA TRANSACTION_MODE exception is thrown by the client ORB if it detects a mismatch between the InvocationPolicy in the IOR and the chosen invocation path (i.e, direct or routed invocation).
 class TRANSACTION_REQUIRED
          Exception indicates that the request carried a null transaction context, but an active transaction is required.
 class TRANSACTION_ROLLEDBACK
          Exception thrown when the transaction associated with the request has already been rolled back or marked to roll back.
 class TRANSACTION_UNAVAILABLE
          The CORBA TRANSACTION_UNAVAILABLE exception is thrown by the ORB when it cannot process a transaction service context because its connection to the Transaction Service has been abnormally terminated.
 class TRANSIENT
          Exception thrown when the ORB attempted to reach an object and failed.
 class UNKNOWN
          This exception is raised if an operation implementation throws a non-CORBA exception (such as an exception specific to the implementation's programming language), or if an operation raises a user exception that does not appear in the operation's raises expression.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in org.omg.CORBA.portable
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in org.omg.CORBA.portable
 class IndirectionException
          The Indirection exception is a Java specific system exception.
 class UnknownException
          The org.omg.CORBA.portable.UnknownException is used for reporting unknown exceptions between ties and ORBs and between ORBs and stubs.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in org.w3c.dom
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in org.w3c.dom
 class DOMException
          DOM operations only raise exceptions in "exceptional" circumstances, i.e., when an operation is impossible to perform (either for logical reasons, because data is lost, or because the implementation has become unstable).
 

Uses of RuntimeException in org.w3c.dom.events
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in org.w3c.dom.events
 class EventException
          Event operations may throw an EventException as specified in their method descriptions.
 

Uses of RuntimeException in org.w3c.dom.ls
 

Subclasses of RuntimeException in org.w3c.dom.ls
 class LSException
          Parser or write operations may throw an LSException if the processing is stopped.
 


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