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Answer» The exception object is an instance of a subclass of THROWABLE (e.g., java.lang. NullPointerException). It is only available on the error pages. The following table lists out the important methods available in the Throwable class: | 1 | public String getMessage()
Returns a detailed message about the exception that has occurred. This message is initialized in the Throwable constructor. |
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| 2 | public Throwable getCause()
Returns the cause of the exception as represented by a Throwable object. |
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| 3 | public String toString()
Returns the name of the class concatenated with the result of getMessage(). |
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| 4 | public void printStackTrace()
PRINTS the result of toString() ALONG with the stack trace to System.err, the error output stream. |
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| 5 | public StackTraceElement [] getStackTrace()
Returns an array containing each element on the stack trace. The element at INDEX 0 represents the top of the call stack, and the last element in the array represents the method at the bottom of the call stack. |
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| 6 | public Throwable fillInStackTrace()
Fills the stack trace of this Throwable object with the CURRENT stack trace, adding to any previous information in the stack trace. |
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