java.lang
Class StackOverflowError

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Error
          java.lang.VirtualMachineError
              java.lang.StackOverflowError

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class StackOverflowError
extends VirtualMachineError

StackOverflowError is a virtual machine error that is thrown by the virtual machine if a thread's runtime stack overflows due to a too deep nesting of method calls.

In JamaicaVM, there are two stacks that are relevant for this error: The Java stack that is used by interpreted and compiled methods and the native stack that is used only by compiled methods.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

StackOverflowError()
Constructor for a StackOverflowError with no detail message.

StackOverflowError(String s)
Constructor for a StackOverflowError with given detail message.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, 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

StackOverflowError

public StackOverflowError()

Constructor for a StackOverflowError with no detail message.

StackOverflowError

public StackOverflowError(String s)

Constructor for a StackOverflowError with given detail message.

ensures

    (s != null IMPLIES getMessage().equals(s));
 

Parameters:

s - the detail message.