Source for java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

   1: /* IllegalArgumentException.java -- thrown when a method is passed an
   2:    illegal or inappropriate argument
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  38: 
  39: package java.lang;
  40: 
  41: /**
  42:  * Thrown when a method is passed an illegal or inappropriate argument. For
  43:  * example:<br>
  44:  * <pre>
  45:  * wait(-1);
  46:  * </pre>
  47:  *
  48:  * @author Brian Jones
  49:  * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com)
  50:  * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
  51:  * @status updated to 1.5
  52:  */
  53: public class IllegalArgumentException extends RuntimeException
  54: {
  55:   /**
  56:    * Compatible with JDK 1.0+.
  57:    */
  58:   private static final long serialVersionUID = -5365630128856068164L;
  59: 
  60:   /**
  61:    * Create an exception without a message.
  62:    */
  63:   public IllegalArgumentException()
  64:   {
  65:   }
  66: 
  67:   /**
  68:    * Create an exception with a message.
  69:    *
  70:    * @param s the message
  71:    */
  72:   public IllegalArgumentException(String s)
  73:   {
  74:     super(s);
  75:   }
  76: 
  77:   /**
  78:    * <p>
  79:    * Constructs a <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> using
  80:    * the specified error message, which should give further details
  81:    * as to the reason for this exception.  The specified cause
  82:    * <code>Throwable</code> may be used to provide additional history,
  83:    * with regards to the root of the problem.  It is perfectly valid
  84:    * for this to be null, if the cause of the problem is unknown.
  85:    * </p>
  86:    * <p>
  87:    * <strong>Note</strong>: the detail message from the cause is not
  88:    * automatically incorporated into the resulting detail message of
  89:    * this exception.
  90:    * </p>
  91:    * 
  92:    * @param message the detail message, which should give the reason for
  93:    *                this exception being thrown.
  94:    * @param cause the cause of this exception, or null if the cause
  95:    *              is unknown.
  96:    * @since 1.5
  97:    */
  98:   public IllegalArgumentException(String message, Throwable cause)
  99:   {
 100:     super(message, cause);
 101:   }
 102: 
 103:   /**
 104:    * <p>
 105:    * Constructs a <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> using
 106:    * the specified cause <code>Throwable</code>, which may be used
 107:    * to provide additional history, with regards to the root of the
 108:    * problem.  It is perfectly valid for this to be null, if the
 109:    * cause of the problem is unknown.
 110:    * </p>
 111:    * <p>
 112:    * The detail message is automatically constructed from the detail
 113:    * message of the supplied causal exception.  If the cause is null,
 114:    * then the detail message will also be null.  Otherwise, the detail
 115:    * message of this exception will be that of the causal exception.
 116:    * This makes this constructor very useful for simply wrapping another
 117:    * exception.
 118:    * </p>
 119:    * 
 120:    * @param cause the cause of this exception, or null if the cause
 121:    *              is unknown.
 122:    * @since 1.5
 123:    */
 124:   public IllegalArgumentException(Throwable cause)
 125:   {
 126:     super(cause);
 127:   }
 128: 
 129: }