Class IllegalArgumentException
java.lang
java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
IllegalFormatException, IllegalThreadStateException, NumberFormatException
public class IllegalArgumentException
extends RuntimeException
Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
Since:
JDK1.0
Version:
1.24, 11/17/05
Author:
unascribed
See Also:
Thread.setPriority(int)
Constructor Summary
IllegalArgumentException()
Constructs an IllegalArgumentException with no detail message.
IllegalArgumentException(String s)
Constructs an IllegalArgumentException with the specified detail message.
IllegalArgumentException(String message, Throwable cause)
Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message and cause.
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).
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, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
Constructor Detail
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)
Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message and cause.

Note that the detail message associated with cause is not automatically incorporated in this exception's detail message.

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, java.security.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
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