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public Class IllegalArgumentException

extends RuntimeException
Class Inheritance
Known Direct Subclasses
java.lang.IllegalThreadStateException, java.lang.NumberFormatException, java.util.IllegalFormatException, java.lang.classfile.constantpool.ConstantPoolException, java.nio.channels.IllegalChannelGroupException, java.nio.channels.IllegalSelectorException, java.nio.channels.UnresolvedAddressException, java.nio.channels.UnsupportedAddressTypeException, java.nio.charset.IllegalCharsetNameException, java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException, java.nio.file.InvalidPathException, java.nio.file.ProviderMismatchException, java.security.InvalidParameterException, java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException, jdk.internal.classfile.impl.DirectCodeBuilder.LabelOverflowException
Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
Since
1.0

Field Summary

Modifier and TypeField and Description
private static final long
serialVersionUID

Hides java.lang.RuntimeException.serialVersionUID.

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public
IllegalArgumentException()

Constructs an IllegalArgumentException with no detail message.

public
IllegalArgumentException(String
the detail message.
s)

Constructs an IllegalArgumentException with the specified detail message.

public
IllegalArgumentException(String
the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable#getMessage() method).
message, Throwable
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.)
cause)

Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message and cause.

public
IllegalArgumentException(Throwable
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.)
cause)

Constructs a new exception with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ?

Field Detail

serialVersionUIDback to summary
private static final long serialVersionUID

Hides java.lang.RuntimeException.serialVersionUID.

Annotations
@Serial

Constructor Detail

IllegalArgumentExceptionback to summary
public IllegalArgumentException()

Constructs an IllegalArgumentException with no detail message.

IllegalArgumentExceptionback to summary
public IllegalArgumentException(String s)

Constructs an IllegalArgumentException with the specified detail message.

Parameters
s:String

the detail message.

IllegalArgumentExceptionback to summary
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:String

the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable#getMessage() method).

cause:Throwable

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
IllegalArgumentExceptionback to summary
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:Throwable

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