1 /*
2 * Copyright 2011-2012 smartics, Kronseder & Reiner GmbH
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package de.smartics.util.lang;
17
18 /**
19 * Signals that a given argument is <code>null</code> where is must no be
20 * <code>null</code>.
21 * <p>
22 * Due to Java conventions the exception does not derive from
23 * {@link IllegalArgumentException} as one might expect.
24 * </p>
25 * <blockquote>If a caller passes <code>null</code> in some parameter for which
26 * null values are prohibited, convention dictates that
27 * {@link NullPointerException} be thrown rather than
28 * {@link IllegalArgumentException}.</blockquote>
29 * <p>
30 * Effective Java - Second Edition, p 248
31 * </p>
32 */
33 public class NullArgumentException extends NullPointerException
34 {
35 // ********************************* Fields *********************************
36
37 // --- constants ------------------------------------------------------------
38
39 /**
40 * The class version identifier.
41 * <p>
42 * The value of this constant is {@value}.
43 * </p>
44 */
45 private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
46
47 // --- members --------------------------------------------------------------
48
49 // ****************************** Initializer *******************************
50
51 // ****************************** Constructors ******************************
52
53 /**
54 * Convenience constructor if no argument name needs to be provided. This
55 * constructor is not recommended since the exception's message is less
56 * verbose.
57 */
58 public NullArgumentException()
59 {
60 this(null);
61 }
62
63 /**
64 * Convenience constructor.
65 *
66 * @param argName the name of the argument that was <code>null</code>.
67 */
68 public NullArgumentException(final String argName)
69 {
70 this(argName, null);
71 }
72
73 /**
74 * Default constructor.
75 *
76 * @param argName the name of the argument that was <code>null</code>.
77 * @param message an optional additional message to provide information about
78 * the context of the argument.
79 * @see java.lang.IllegalArgumentException#IllegalArgumentException(java.lang.String)
80 */
81 public NullArgumentException(final String argName, final String message)
82 {
83 super((argName == null ? "Argument" : argName) + " must not be 'null'"
84 + (message != null ? ": " + message : "."));
85 }
86
87 // ****************************** Inner Classes *****************************
88
89 // ********************************* Methods ********************************
90
91 // --- init -----------------------------------------------------------------
92
93 // --- get&set --------------------------------------------------------------
94
95 // --- business -------------------------------------------------------------
96
97 // --- object basics --------------------------------------------------------
98
99 }