I'm trying to define my own exception class the easiest way, and this is what I'm getting:
public class MyException extends Exception {}
public class Foo {
public bar() throws MyException {
throw new MyException("try again please");
}
}
This is what Java compiler says:
cannot find symbol: constructor MyException(java.lang.String)
I had a feeling that this constructor has to be inherited from java.lang.Exception
, isn't it?
No, you don't "inherit" non-default constructors, you need to define the one taking a String in your class. Typically you use super(message)
in your constructor to invoke your parent constructor. For example, like this:
public class MyException extends Exception {
public MyException(String message) {
super(message);
}
}