public class java.lang
IllegalArgumentException


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Java SE 6
  
Extends: Throwable > Exception > RuntimeException
Extended by: IllegalFormatException, IllegalThreadStateException, InvalidKeyException, InvalidOpenTypeException, InvalidParameterException, KeyAlreadyExistsException, NumberFormatException, PatternSyntaxException
Details
Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
version1.24, 11/17/05
sinceJDK1.0
See also setPriority(int)

Constructors
public IllegalArgumentException()
Constructs an IllegalArgumentException with no detail message.
public IllegalArgumentException(String s) Details
Constructs an IllegalArgumentException with the specified detail message.
sthe detail message.
public IllegalArgumentException(String message, Throwable cause) Details
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.
messagethe detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable#getMessage() method).
causethe 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.)
since1.5

public IllegalArgumentException(Throwable cause) Details
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).
causethe 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.)
since1.5