IllegalArgumentException (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

java.lang

Class IllegalArgumentException

java.lang.Object extended by java.lang.Throwable java.lang.Exception java.lang.RuntimeException java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

IllegalCharsetNameException, IllegalFormatException, IllegalSelectorException, IllegalThreadStateException, InvalidKeyException, InvalidOpenTypeException, InvalidParameterException, KeyAlreadyExistsException, NumberFormatException, PatternSyntaxException, UnresolvedAddressException, UnsupportedAddressTypeException, UnsupportedCharsetException

public class IllegalArgumentException

extends RuntimeException

Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.

Since:

JDK1.0

Constructor Summary
IllegalArgumentException() Constructs an IllegalArgumentException with no detail message.
IllegalArgumentException(String s) Constructs an IllegalArgumentException with the specified detail message.
[IllegalArgumentException](../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html#IllegalArgumentException%28java.lang.String, java.lang.Throwable%29)(String message,Throwable cause) Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message and cause.
IllegalArgumentException(Throwable cause) Constructs a new exception with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)

Constructor Detail

IllegalArgumentException

public IllegalArgumentException()

Constructs an IllegalArgumentException with no detail message.

IllegalArgumentException

public IllegalArgumentException(String s)

Constructs an IllegalArgumentException with the specified detail message.

Parameters:

s - the detail message.

IllegalArgumentException

public IllegalArgumentException(String message, Throwable cause)

Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message and cause.

Note that the detail message associated with cause is_not_ automatically incorporated in this exception's detail message.

Parameters:

message - the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method).

cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by theThrowable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

Since:

1.5

IllegalArgumentException

public IllegalArgumentException(Throwable cause)

Constructs a new exception with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause). This constructor is useful for exceptions that are little more than wrappers for other throwables (for example, PrivilegedActionException).

Parameters:

cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by theThrowable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

Since:

1.5

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