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IllegalFormatConversionException

public class IllegalFormatConversionException
extends IllegalFormatException

java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.lang.Throwable
     ↳ java.lang.Exception
       ↳ java.lang.RuntimeException
         ↳ java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
           ↳ java.util.IllegalFormatException
             ↳ java.util.IllegalFormatConversionException


Unchecked exception thrown when the argument corresponding to the format specifier is of an incompatible type.

Unless otherwise specified, passing a null argument to any method or constructor in this class will cause a NullPointerException to be thrown.

Summary

Public constructors

IllegalFormatConversionException(char c, Class<?> arg)

Constructs an instance of this class with the mismatched conversion and the corresponding argument class.

Public methods

Class<?> getArgumentClass()

Returns the class of the mismatched argument.

char getConversion()

Returns the inapplicable conversion.

String getMessage()

Returns the detail message string of this throwable.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

IllegalFormatConversionException

public IllegalFormatConversionException (char c, 
                Class<?> arg)

Constructs an instance of this class with the mismatched conversion and the corresponding argument class.

Parameters
c char: Inapplicable conversion

arg Class: Class of the mismatched argument

Public methods

getArgumentClass

public Class<?> getArgumentClass ()

Returns the class of the mismatched argument.

Returns
Class<?> The class of the mismatched argument

getConversion

public char getConversion ()

Returns the inapplicable conversion.

Returns
char The inapplicable conversion

getMessage

public String getMessage ()

Returns the detail message string of this throwable.

Returns
String the detail message string of this Throwable instance (which may be null).