# Class ExceptionTable

java.lang.Object
org.apache.bcel.classfile.Attribute
org.apache.bcel.classfile.ExceptionTable

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Cloneable, Node`

public final class ExceptionTable extends Attribute
This class represents the table of exceptions that are thrown by a method. This attribute may be used once per method. The name of this class is ExceptionTable for historical reasons; The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Second Edition defines this attribute using the name Exceptions (which is inconsistent with the other classes).

    Exceptions_attribute {
      u2 attribute_name_index;
      u4 attribute_length;
      u2 number_of_exceptions;
      u2 exception_index_table[number_of_exceptions];
    }

See Also:
  - `Code`

- ## Field Summary

  ### Fields inherited from class Attribute

  `constant_pool, EMPTY_ARRAY, length, name_index, tag`

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `ExceptionTable(int nameIndex, int length, int[] exceptionIndexTable, ConstantPool constantPool)`
  `ExceptionTable(ExceptionTable c)`
  Initialize from another object.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `void`
  `accept(Visitor v)`
  Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitly defined by the contents of a Java class.
  `Attribute`
  `copy(ConstantPool constantPool)`
  `void`
  `dump(DataOutputStream file)`
  Dump exceptions attribute to file stream in binary format.
  `int[]`
  `getExceptionIndexTable()`
  `String[]`
  `getExceptionNames()`
  `int`
  `getNumberOfExceptions()`
  `void`
  `setExceptionIndexTable(int[] exceptionIndexTable)`
  `String`
  `toString()`

  ### Methods inherited from class Attribute

  `addAttributeReader, addAttributeReader, clone, getConstantPool, getLength, getName, getNameIndex, getTag, println, readAttribute, readAttribute, removeAttributeReader, setConstantPool, setLength, setNameIndex`

  ### Methods inherited from class Object

  `equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### ExceptionTable

    public ExceptionTable(ExceptionTable c)
    Initialize from another object. Note that both objects use the same references (shallow copy). Use copy() for a physical copy.
    Parameters:
      `c` - Source to copy.

  - ### ExceptionTable

    public ExceptionTable(int nameIndex, int length, int[] exceptionIndexTable, ConstantPool constantPool)
    Parameters:
      `nameIndex` - Index in constant pool
      `length` - Content length in bytes
      `exceptionIndexTable` - Table of indices in constant pool
      `constantPool` - Array of constants

- ## Method Details

  - ### accept

    public void accept(Visitor v)
    Called by objects that are traversing the nodes of the tree implicitly defined by the contents of a Java class. I.e., the hierarchy of methods, fields, attributes, etc. spawns a tree of objects.
    Specified by:
      `accept` in interface `Node`
    Specified by:
      `accept` in class `Attribute`
    Parameters:
      `v` - Visitor object

  - ### copy

    public Attribute copy(ConstantPool constantPool)
    Specified by:
      `copy` in class `Attribute`
    Parameters:
      `constantPool` - constant pool to save.
    Returns:
      deep copy of this attribute

  - ### dump

    public void dump(DataOutputStream file) throws IOException
    Dump exceptions attribute to file stream in binary format.
    Overrides:
      `dump` in class `Attribute`
    Parameters:
      `file` - Output file stream
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs.

  - ### getExceptionIndexTable

    public int[] getExceptionIndexTable()
    Returns:
      Array of indices into constant pool of thrown exceptions.

  - ### getExceptionNames

    public String[] getExceptionNames()
    Returns:
      class names of thrown exceptions

  - ### getNumberOfExceptions

    public int getNumberOfExceptions()
    Returns:
      Length of exception table.

  - ### setExceptionIndexTable

    public void setExceptionIndexTable(int[] exceptionIndexTable)
    Parameters:
      `exceptionIndexTable` - the list of exception indexes Also redefines number_of_exceptions according to table length.

  - ### toString

    public String toString()
    Overrides:
      `toString` in class `Attribute`
    Returns:
      String representation, i.e., a list of thrown exceptions.