Defining a static variable that throws an Exception

[harald ebert]

Hello,

I tried to define and initialize a static variable with an object
whoes constructor throws an Exception.

public class MyClass1 {

private static DataFlavor flavor = new DataFlavor(
DataFlavor.javaJVMLocalObjectMimeType + ";class=MyClass2");

}

The DataFlavor class throws an Exception.

Is it possible to do what i want to do?
How can I catch the Exception?

Thanks for your help

Harald Ebert

 

[Rogan Dawes]

Hello,

I tried to define and initialize a static variable with an object
whoes constructor throws an Exception.

public class MyClass1 {

private static DataFlavor flavor = new DataFlavor(
DataFlavor.javaJVMLocalObjectMimeType + ";class=MyClass2");

}

The DataFlavor class throws an Exception.

Is it possible to do what i want to do?
How can I catch the Exception?

Thanks for your help

Harald Ebert

Initialise it in a static block.

See http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/2238491 for an example.

Rogan