Module java.base
Package java.lang.reflect

# Class GenericSignatureFormatError

java.lang.Object
java.lang.Throwable
java.lang.Error
java.lang.LinkageError
java.lang.ClassFormatError
java.lang.reflect.GenericSignatureFormatError

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Serializable`

public class GenericSignatureFormatError extends ClassFormatError
Thrown when a syntactically malformed signature attribute is encountered by a reflective method that needs to interpret the generic signature information for a class or interface, method or constructor.

Since:
  1.5
See Also:
  - Serialized Form

## Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor
Description
`GenericSignatureFormatError()`
Constructs a new `GenericSignatureFormatError`.
`GenericSignatureFormatError(String message)`
Constructs a new `GenericSignatureFormatError` with the specified message.

## Method Summary

### Methods declared in class java.lang.Throwable

`addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString`

### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

## Constructor Details

### GenericSignatureFormatError

public GenericSignatureFormatError()
Constructs a new `GenericSignatureFormatError`.

### GenericSignatureFormatError

public GenericSignatureFormatError(String message)
Constructs a new `GenericSignatureFormatError` with the specified message.

Parameters:
  `message` - the detail message, may be `null`