java.lang

Class IllegalArgumentException

Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
Known Direct Subclasses:
IllegalCharsetNameException, IllegalFormatException, IllegalSelectorException, IllegalThreadStateException, InvalidKeyException, InvalidOpenTypeException, InvalidParameterException, KeyAlreadyExistsException, NumberFormatException, PatternSyntaxException, UnresolvedAddressException, UnsupportedAddressTypeException, UnsupportedCharsetException

public class IllegalArgumentException
extends RuntimeException

Thrown when a method is passed an illegal or inappropriate argument. For example:
 wait(-1);
 
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

IllegalArgumentException()
Create an exception without a message.
IllegalArgumentException(String s)
Create an exception with a message.
IllegalArgumentException(String message, Throwable cause)
Constructs a IllegalArgumentException using the specified error message, which should give further details as to the reason for this exception.
IllegalArgumentException(Throwable cause)
Constructs a IllegalArgumentException using the specified cause Throwable, which may be used to provide additional history, with regards to the root of the problem.

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, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

IllegalArgumentException

public IllegalArgumentException()
Create an exception without a message.

IllegalArgumentException

public IllegalArgumentException(String s)
Create an exception with a message.
Parameters:
s - the message

IllegalArgumentException

public IllegalArgumentException(String message,
                                Throwable cause)
Constructs a IllegalArgumentException using the specified error message, which should give further details as to the reason for this exception. The specified cause Throwable may be used to provide additional history, with regards to the root of the problem. It is perfectly valid for this to be null, if the cause of the problem is unknown.

Note: the detail message from the cause is not automatically incorporated into the resulting detail message of this exception.

Parameters:
message - the detail message, which should give the reason for this exception being thrown.
cause - the cause of this exception, or null if the cause is unknown.
Since:
1.5

IllegalArgumentException

public IllegalArgumentException(Throwable cause)
Constructs a IllegalArgumentException using the specified cause Throwable, which may be used to provide additional history, with regards to the root of the problem. It is perfectly valid for this to be null, if the cause of the problem is unknown.

The detail message is automatically constructed from the detail message of the supplied causal exception. If the cause is null, then the detail message will also be null. Otherwise, the detail message of this exception will be that of the causal exception. This makes this constructor very useful for simply wrapping another exception.

Parameters:
cause - the cause of this exception, or null if the cause is unknown.
Since:
1.5

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