1 /* IllegalArgumentException.java -- thrown when a method is passed an 2 illegal or inappropriate argument 3 Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 4 5 This file is part of GNU Classpath. 6 7 GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 10 any later version. 11 12 GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 13 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 15 General Public License for more details. 16 17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 18 along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 19 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 20 02110-1301 USA. 21 22 Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 23 making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 24 conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 25 combination. 26 27 As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 28 permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 29 executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 30 modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 31 terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 32 independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 33 module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 34 or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 35 this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 36 obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 37 exception statement from your version. */ 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 */ IllegalArgumentException()63 public IllegalArgumentException() 64 { 65 } 66 67 /** 68 * Create an exception with a message. 69 * 70 * @param s the message 71 */ IllegalArgumentException(String s)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 */ IllegalArgumentException(String message, Throwable cause)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 */ IllegalArgumentException(Throwable cause)124 public IllegalArgumentException(Throwable cause) 125 { 126 super(cause); 127 } 128 129 } 130