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

java.lang.Object extended by java.lang.Throwable java.lang.Exception java.lang.RuntimeException java.lang.IllegalArgumentException java.util.IllegalFormatException java.util.MissingFormatArgumentException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class MissingFormatArgumentException

extends IllegalFormatException

Unchecked exception thrown when there is a format specifier which does not have a corresponding argument or if an argument index refers to an argument that does not exist.

Unless otherwise specified, passing a null argument to any method or constructor in this class will cause a NullPointerException to be thrown.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
MissingFormatArgumentException(String s) Constructs an instance of this class with the unmatched format specifier.

Method Summary
String	getFormatSpecifier() Returns the unmatched format specifier.
String	getMessage() Returns the detail message string of this throwable.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, 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

MissingFormatArgumentException

public MissingFormatArgumentException(String s)

Constructs an instance of this class with the unmatched format specifier.

Parameters:

s - Format specifier which does not have a corresponding argument

Method Detail

getFormatSpecifier

public String getFormatSpecifier()

Returns the unmatched format specifier.

Returns:

The unmatched format specifier

getMessage

public String getMessage()

Description copied from class: [Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getMessage%28%29)

Returns the detail message string of this throwable.

Overrides:

[getMessage](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getMessage%28%29) in class [Throwable](../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang")

Returns:

the detail message string of this Throwable instance (which may be null).

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