JavaServer Pages Pocket Reference

Name

exception

Variable name:

exception

Class name:

java.lang.Throwable

Extends:

None

Implements:

java.io.Serializable

Implemented by:

Part of the standard Java library

JSP page type:

Available only in a page marked as an error page using the page directive isErrorPage attribute

Description

The exception variable is assigned to the subclass of Throwable that caused the error page to be invoked. The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language. Only objects that are instances of this class (or of one of its subclasses) are thrown by the Java Virtual Machine or can be thrown by the Java throw statement. See the Java documentation at http://java.sun.com/docs/index.html for a description of the Throwable class.