IllegalFormatConversionException (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.IllegalFormatConversionException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class IllegalFormatConversionException

extends IllegalFormatException

Unchecked exception thrown when the argument corresponding to the format specifier is of an incompatible type.

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
[IllegalFormatConversionException](../../java/util/IllegalFormatConversionException.html#IllegalFormatConversionException%28char, java.lang.Class%29)(char c,Class<?> arg) Constructs an instance of this class with the mismatched conversion and the corresponding argument class.

Method Summary
Class<?>	getArgumentClass() Returns the class of the mismatched argument.
char	getConversion() Returns the inapplicable conversion.
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

IllegalFormatConversionException

public IllegalFormatConversionException(char c, Class<?> arg)

Constructs an instance of this class with the mismatched conversion and the corresponding argument class.

Parameters:

c - Inapplicable conversion

arg - Class of the mismatched argument

Method Detail

getConversion

public char getConversion()

Returns the inapplicable conversion.

Returns:

The inapplicable conversion

getArgumentClass

public Class<?> getArgumentClass()

Returns the class of the mismatched argument.

Returns:

The class of the mismatched argument

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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