Class IllegalArgumentException

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Exception

java.lang.RuntimeException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConstantPoolException, IllegalChannelGroupException, IllegalCharsetNameException, IllegalFormatException, IllegalSelectorException, IllegalThreadStateException, InvalidKeyException, InvalidOpenTypeException, InvalidParameterException, InvalidPathException, InvalidStreamException, 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:

1.0

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
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).

Method Summary

Methods declared in class Throwable

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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final void	addSuppressed(Throwable exception)	The specified exception is going to be suppressed in order to give priority to this exception (primary exception) and to be appended to the list of suppressed exceptions.
Throwable	fillInStackTrace()	Record in the receiver a walkback from the point where this message was sent.
Throwable	getCause()	Answers the cause of this Throwable, or null if there is no cause.
String	getLocalizedMessage()	Answers the extra information message which was provided when the throwable was created.
String	getMessage()	Answers the extra information message which was provided when the throwable was created.
StackTraceElement[]	getStackTrace()	Answers an array of StackTraceElement.
final Throwable[]	getSuppressed()	Returns an array of exceptions suppressed, typically by the automatically generated code from the try-with-resources statement, in order to give priority to this exception (primary exception).
Throwable	initCause(Throwable throwable)	Initialize the cause of the receiver.
void	printStackTrace()	Outputs a printable representation of the receiver's walkback on the System.err stream.
void	printStackTrace(PrintStream err)	Outputs a printable representation of the receiver's walkback on the stream specified by the argument.
void	printStackTrace(PrintWriter err)	Outputs a printable representation of the receiver's walkback on the writer specified by the argument.
void	setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] trace)	Sets the array of StackTraceElements.
String	toString()	Answers a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the receiver.

Methods declared in class Object

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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected Object	clone()	Answers a new instance of the same class as the receiver, whose slots have been filled in with the values in the slots of the receiver.
boolean	equals(Object o)	Compares the argument to the receiver, and answers true if they represent the same object using a class specific comparison.
protected void	finalize()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. May cause performance issues, deadlocks and hangs.
final Class<? extends Object>	getClass()	Answers the unique instance of java.lang.Class which represents the class of the receiver.
int	hashCode()	Answers an integer hash code for the receiver.
final void	notify()	Causes one thread which is waiting on the receiver to be made ready to run.
final void	notifyAll()	Causes all threads which are waiting on the receiver to be made ready to run.
final void	wait()	Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by notify or notifyAll).
final void	wait(long time)	Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run either pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by notify or notifyAll) or the expiration of the timeout.
final void	wait(long time, int frac)	Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run either pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by notify or notifyAll) or the expiration of the timeout.

Constructor Details

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, 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