net.sf.qualitycheck.exception
Class IllegalNullArgumentException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              net.sf.qualitycheck.exception.IllegalNullArgumentException

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Serializable

public class IllegalNullArgumentException
extends RuntimeException

Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed with an illegal null reference as argument that does not accept it as valid.

Author:

André Rouél, Dominik Seichter

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected static String	DEFAULT_MESSAGE Default message to indicate that the a given argument must not be a null reference.
protected static String	MESSAGE_WITH_NAME Message to indicate that the the given argument with name must not be a null reference.

Constructor Summary

IllegalNullArgumentException()
Constructs an IllegalNullArgumentException with the default message DEFAULT_MESSAGE.

IllegalNullArgumentException(String argumentName)
Constructs an IllegalNullArgumentException with the message MESSAGE_WITH_NAME including the given name of the argument as string representation.

IllegalNullArgumentException(String argumentName, Throwable cause)
Constructs a new exception with the message MESSAGE_WITH_NAME including the given name as string representation and cause.

IllegalNullArgumentException(Throwable cause)
Constructs a new exception with the default message DEFAULT_MESSAGE.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT_MESSAGE

protected static final String DEFAULT_MESSAGE

Default message to indicate that the a given argument must not be a null reference.

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Constant Field Values

MESSAGE_WITH_NAME

protected static final String MESSAGE_WITH_NAME

Message to indicate that the the given argument with name must not be a null reference.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

IllegalNullArgumentException

public IllegalNullArgumentException()

Constructs an IllegalNullArgumentException with the default message DEFAULT_MESSAGE.

IllegalNullArgumentException

public IllegalNullArgumentException(@Nullable
                                    String argumentName)

Constructs an IllegalNullArgumentException with the message MESSAGE_WITH_NAME including the given name of the argument as string representation.

Parameters:

argumentName - the name of the passed argument

IllegalNullArgumentException

public IllegalNullArgumentException(@Nullable
                                    String argumentName,
                                    @Nullable
                                    Throwable cause)

Constructs a new exception with the message MESSAGE_WITH_NAME including the given name as string representation and cause.

Parameters:

argumentName - the name of the passed argument

cause - 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.)

IllegalNullArgumentException

public IllegalNullArgumentException(@Nullable
                                    Throwable cause)

Constructs a new exception with the default message DEFAULT_MESSAGE.

Parameters:

cause - 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.)