Class IllegalArgumentException

• java.lang.Object
• • java.lang.Throwable
  • • java.lang.Exception
    • • java.lang.RuntimeException
      • • java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

IllegalChannelGroupException, IllegalCharsetNameException, IllegalFormatException, IllegalSelectorException, IllegalThreadStateException, InvalidKeyException, InvalidOpenTypeException, InvalidParameterException, InvalidPathException, KeyAlreadyExistsException, NumberFormatException, PatternSyntaxException, ProviderMismatchException, 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

Constructors

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)

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 the Throwable.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 the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

Since:

1.5

Methods

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait