An object of this class is thrown by Method.invoke( ) and Constructor.newInstance( ) when an exception is thrown by the method or constructor invoked through those methods. The InvocationTargetException class serves as a wrapper around the object that was thrown; that object can be retrieved with the getTargetException( ) method. In Java 1.4 and later, all exceptions can be "chained" in this way, and getTargetException( ) is superseded by the more general getCause( ) method.

Figure 10-96. java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

public class InvocationTargetException extends Exception {
// Public Constructors
     public InvocationTargetException(Throwable target);  
     public InvocationTargetException(Throwable target, String s);  
// Protected Constructors
     protected InvocationTargetException( );  
// Public Instance Methods
     public Throwable getTargetException( );  
// Public Methods Overriding Throwable
1.4  public Throwable getCause( );  
}

Thrown By

Constructor.newInstance( ), Method.invoke( )