How to disable constructors in custom exceptions?

Question

There is a lot out there on how you can't override exception constructors and how to do custom exceptions, but I haven't been able to find anything on disabling a constructor for an extended class.

I've created a custom class that coworkers are (basically) using as the original Exception class. As a counter measure, I wanted to override the constructors to throw an exception to prevent them from misusing the custom exception.

However, one cannot override Exception constructors.

Is there a way to disable them or get an equivalent behavior to prevent people from constructing my custom exception except how I want them to?

Answer 1

The right way to fix this is to make your constructor private. That should ensure that nobody can use it. For example:

public class MyCustomException extends Exception {
   private MyCustomException() {
     //Nah Nah Nah, now you can't construct me from outside anymore
   }
}