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25 
26 package java.lang;
27 
28 /**
29  * Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or
30  * inappropriate argument.
31  *
32  * @author  unascribed
33  * @since   JDK1.0
34  */
35 public
36 class IllegalArgumentException extends RuntimeException {
37     /**
38      * Constructs an <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> with no
39      * detail message.
40      */
IllegalArgumentException()41     public IllegalArgumentException() {
42         super();
43     }
44 
45     /**
46      * Constructs an <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> with the
47      * specified detail message.
48      *
49      * @param   s   the detail message.
50      */
IllegalArgumentException(String s)51     public IllegalArgumentException(String s) {
52         super(s);
53     }
54 
55     /**
56      * Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message and
57      * cause.
58      *
59      * <p>Note that the detail message associated with <code>cause</code> is
60      * <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in this exception's detail
61      * message.
62      *
63      * @param  message the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval
64      *         by the {@link Throwable#getMessage()} method).
65      * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
66      *         {@link Throwable#getCause()} method).  (A <tt>null</tt> value
67      *         is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
68      *         unknown.)
69      * @since 1.5
70      */
IllegalArgumentException(String message, Throwable cause)71     public IllegalArgumentException(String message, Throwable cause) {
72         super(message, cause);
73     }
74 
75     /**
76      * Constructs a new exception with the specified cause and a detail
77      * message of <tt>(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())</tt> (which
78      * typically contains the class and detail message of <tt>cause</tt>).
79      * This constructor is useful for exceptions that are little more than
80      * wrappers for other throwables (for example, {@link
81      * java.security.PrivilegedActionException}).
82      *
83      * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
84      *         {@link Throwable#getCause()} method).  (A <tt>null</tt> value is
85      *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
86      *         unknown.)
87      * @since  1.5
88      */
IllegalArgumentException(Throwable cause)89     public IllegalArgumentException(Throwable cause) {
90         super(cause);
91     }
92 
93     private static final long serialVersionUID = -5365630128856068164L;
94 }
95