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# Class java.lang.Error

    java.lang.Object
       |
       +----java.lang.Throwable
               |
               +----java.lang.Error

public class Error
extends Throwable

An `Error` is a subclass of `Throwable` that indicates serious problems that a reasonable application should not try to catch. Most such errors are abnormal conditions. The `ThreadDeath` error, though a "normal" condition, is also a subclass of `Error` because most applications should not try to catch it.

A method is not required to declare in its `throws` clause any subclasses of `Error` that might be thrown during the execution of the method but not caught, since these errors are abnormal conditions that should never occur.

See Also:
  ThreadDeath

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Error()
  Constructs an `Error` with no specified detail message.
Error(String)
  Constructs an Error with the specified detail message.

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Error

     public Error()

  Constructs an `Error` with no specified detail message.

Error

     public Error(String s)

  Constructs an Error with the specified detail message.

  Parameters:
    s - the detail message.

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