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## org.springframework.beans.factory
Class BeanCreationException

    java.lang.Object
      java.lang.Throwable
          java.lang.Exception
              java.lang.RuntimeException
                  org.springframework.core.NestedRuntimeException
                      org.springframework.beans.BeansException
                          org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException
                              org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:
  BeanCreationNotAllowedException, BeanCurrentlyInCreationException, BeanIsAbstractException, UnsatisfiedDependencyException

    public class BeanCreationException

extends FatalBeanException

Exception thrown when a BeanFactory encounters an error when attempting to create a bean from a bean definition.

Author:
  Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`BeanCreationException(String msg)` Create a new BeanCreationException.
`BeanCreationException(String beanName, String msg)` Create a new BeanCreationException.
`BeanCreationException(String resourceDescription, String beanName, String msg)` Create a new BeanCreationException.
`BeanCreationException(String resourceDescription, String beanName, String msg, Throwable cause)` Create a new BeanCreationException.
`BeanCreationException(String beanName, String msg, Throwable cause)` Create a new BeanCreationException.
`BeanCreationException(String msg, Throwable cause)` Create a new BeanCreationException.

Method Summary
`void` `addRelatedCause(Throwable ex)` Add a related cause to this bean creation exception, not being a direct cause of the failure but having occured earlier in the creation of the same bean instance.
`boolean` `contains(Class exClass)` Check whether this exception contains an exception of the given type: either it is of the given class itself or it contains a nested cause of the given type.
`String` `getBeanName()` Return the name of the bean requested, if any.
`Throwable[]` `getRelatedCauses()` Return the related causes, if any.
`String` `getResourceDescription()` Return the description of the resource that the bean definition came from, if any.
`void` `printStackTrace(PrintStream ps)`
`void` `printStackTrace(PrintWriter pw)`
`String` `toString()`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.beans.BeansException
`equals, hashCode`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.core.NestedRuntimeException
`getMessage, getMostSpecificCause, getRootCause`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
`fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, setStackTrace`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### BeanCreationException

    public BeanCreationException(String msg)

  Create a new BeanCreationException.

  Parameters:
    `msg` - the detail message

### BeanCreationException

    public BeanCreationException(String msg,
                                 Throwable cause)

  Create a new BeanCreationException.

  Parameters:
    `msg` - the detail message
    `cause` - the root cause

### BeanCreationException

    public BeanCreationException(String beanName,
                                 String msg)

  Create a new BeanCreationException.

  Parameters:
    `beanName` - the name of the bean requested
    `msg` - the detail message

### BeanCreationException

    public BeanCreationException(String beanName,
                                 String msg,
                                 Throwable cause)

  Create a new BeanCreationException.

  Parameters:
    `beanName` - the name of the bean requested
    `msg` - the detail message
    `cause` - the root cause

### BeanCreationException

    public BeanCreationException(String resourceDescription,
                                 String beanName,
                                 String msg)

  Create a new BeanCreationException.

  Parameters:
    `resourceDescription` - description of the resource that the bean definition came from
    `beanName` - the name of the bean requested
    `msg` - the detail message

### BeanCreationException

    public BeanCreationException(String resourceDescription,
                                 String beanName,
                                 String msg,
                                 Throwable cause)

  Create a new BeanCreationException.

  Parameters:
    `resourceDescription` - description of the resource that the bean definition came from
    `beanName` - the name of the bean requested
    `msg` - the detail message
    `cause` - the root cause

Method Detail

### getBeanName

    public String getBeanName()

  Return the name of the bean requested, if any.

### getResourceDescription

    public String getResourceDescription()

  Return the description of the resource that the bean definition came from, if any.

### addRelatedCause

    public void addRelatedCause(Throwable ex)

  Add a related cause to this bean creation exception, not being a direct cause of the failure but having occured earlier in the creation of the same bean instance.

  Parameters:
    `ex` - the related cause to add

### getRelatedCauses

    public Throwable[] getRelatedCauses()

  Return the related causes, if any.

  Returns:
    the array of related causes, or `null` if none

### toString

    public String toString()

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Throwable`

### printStackTrace

    public void printStackTrace(PrintStream ps)

  Overrides:
    `printStackTrace` in class `Throwable`

### printStackTrace

    public void printStackTrace(PrintWriter pw)

  Overrides:
    `printStackTrace` in class `Throwable`

### contains

    public boolean contains(Class exClass)

  Description copied from class: `NestedRuntimeException`
  Check whether this exception contains an exception of the given type: either it is of the given class itself or it contains a nested cause of the given type.

  Overrides:
    `contains` in class `NestedRuntimeException`
  Parameters:
    `exClass` - the exception type to look for
  Returns:
    whether there is a nested exception of the specified type

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