001 /* IllegalArgumentException.java -- thrown when a method is passed an 002 illegal or inappropriate argument 003 Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 004 005 This file is part of GNU Classpath. 006 007 GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 008 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 009 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 010 any later version. 011 012 GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 013 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 014 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 015 General Public License for more details. 016 017 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 018 along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 019 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 020 02110-1301 USA. 021 022 Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 023 making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 024 conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 025 combination. 026 027 As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 028 permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 029 executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 030 modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 031 terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 032 independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 033 module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 034 or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 035 this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 036 obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 037 exception statement from your version. */ 038 039 package java.lang; 040 041 /** 042 * Thrown when a method is passed an illegal or inappropriate argument. For 043 * example:<br> 044 * <pre> 045 * wait(-1); 046 * </pre> 047 * 048 * @author Brian Jones 049 * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com) 050 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org) 051 * @status updated to 1.5 052 */ 053 public class IllegalArgumentException extends RuntimeException 054 { 055 /** 056 * Compatible with JDK 1.0+. 057 */ 058 private static final long serialVersionUID = -5365630128856068164L; 059 060 /** 061 * Create an exception without a message. 062 */ 063 public IllegalArgumentException() 064 { 065 } 066 067 /** 068 * Create an exception with a message. 069 * 070 * @param s the message 071 */ 072 public IllegalArgumentException(String s) 073 { 074 super(s); 075 } 076 077 /** 078 * <p> 079 * Constructs a <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> using 080 * the specified error message, which should give further details 081 * as to the reason for this exception. The specified cause 082 * <code>Throwable</code> may be used to provide additional history, 083 * with regards to the root of the problem. It is perfectly valid 084 * for this to be null, if the cause of the problem is unknown. 085 * </p> 086 * <p> 087 * <strong>Note</strong>: the detail message from the cause is not 088 * automatically incorporated into the resulting detail message of 089 * this exception. 090 * </p> 091 * 092 * @param message the detail message, which should give the reason for 093 * this exception being thrown. 094 * @param cause the cause of this exception, or null if the cause 095 * is unknown. 096 * @since 1.5 097 */ 098 public IllegalArgumentException(String message, Throwable cause) 099 { 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 */ 124 public IllegalArgumentException(Throwable cause) 125 { 126 super(cause); 127 } 128 129 }