IllegalFormatConversionException

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• IllegalFormatConversionException is an unchecked exception indicating an argument type mismatch with a format specifier.

• It's thrown when the argument's data type is incompatible with the expected type for the format specifier in a string formatting operation.

• This exception provides methods to retrieve the incorrect conversion character, the argument's class, and a detailed message.

• Passing a null argument to IllegalFormatConversionException methods or constructor results in a NullPointerException.

public class IllegalFormatConversionException extends IllegalFormatException

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.

Public Constructor Summary

IllegalFormatConversionException(char c, Class<?> arg) Constructs an instance of this class with the mismatched conversion and the corresponding argument class.

Public Method Summary

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 Method Summary

From class java.lang.Throwable

synchronized final void	addSuppressed(Throwable exception) Appends the specified exception to the exceptions that were suppressed in order to deliver this exception.
synchronized Throwable	fillInStackTrace() Fills in the execution stack trace.
synchronized Throwable	getCause() Returns the cause of this throwable or null if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.
String	getLocalizedMessage() Creates a localized description of this throwable.
String	getMessage() Returns the detail message string of this throwable.
StackTraceElement[]	getStackTrace() Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by printStackTrace().
synchronized final Throwable[]	getSuppressed() Returns an array containing all of the exceptions that were suppressed, typically by the try-with-resources statement, in order to deliver this exception.
synchronized Throwable	initCause(Throwable cause) Initializes the cause of this throwable to the specified value.
void	printStackTrace() Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the standard error stream.
void	printStackTrace(PrintWriter s) Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print writer.
void	printStackTrace(PrintStream s) Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print stream.
void	setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] stackTrace) Sets the stack trace elements that will be returned by getStackTrace() and printed by printStackTrace() and related methods.
String	toString() Returns a short description of this throwable.

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object.

Public Constructors

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

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

Parameters

c	Inapplicable conversion
arg	Class of the mismatched argument

Public Methods

public Class<?> getArgumentClass ()

Returns the class of the mismatched argument.

Returns

• The class of the mismatched argument

public char getConversion ()

Returns the inapplicable conversion.

Returns

• The inapplicable conversion

public String getMessage ()

Returns the detail message string of this throwable.

Returns

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