Added in API level 1

IllegalFormatException

public class IllegalFormatException
extends IllegalArgumentException

java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.lang.Throwable
     ↳ java.lang.Exception
       ↳ java.lang.RuntimeException
         ↳ java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
           ↳ java.util.IllegalFormatException
DuplicateFormatFlagsException Unchecked exception thrown when duplicate flags are provided in the format specifier. 
FormatFlagsConversionMismatchException Unchecked exception thrown when a conversion and flag are incompatible. 
IllegalFormatCodePointException Unchecked exception thrown when a character with an invalid Unicode code point as defined by Character.isValidCodePoint is passed to the Formatter
IllegalFormatConversionException Unchecked exception thrown when the argument corresponding to the format specifier is of an incompatible type. 
IllegalFormatFlagsException Unchecked exception thrown when an illegal combination flags is given. 
IllegalFormatPrecisionException Unchecked exception thrown when the precision is a negative value other than -1, the conversion does not support a precision, or the value is otherwise unsupported. 
IllegalFormatWidthException Unchecked exception thrown when the format width is a negative value other than -1 or is otherwise unsupported. 
MissingFormatArgumentException Unchecked exception thrown when there is a format specifier which does not have a corresponding argument or if an argument index refers to an argument that does not exist. 
MissingFormatWidthException Unchecked exception thrown when the format width is required. 
UnknownFormatConversionException Unchecked exception thrown when an unknown conversion is given. 
UnknownFormatFlagsException Unchecked exception thrown when an unknown flag is given. 


Unchecked exception thrown when a format string contains an illegal syntax or a format specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments. Only explicit subtypes of this exception which correspond to specific errors should be instantiated.

Summary

Inherited methods

final void addSuppressed(Throwable exception)

Appends the specified exception to the exceptions that were suppressed in order to deliver this exception.

Throwable fillInStackTrace()

Fills in the execution stack trace.

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().

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.

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.

Object clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object.

boolean equals(Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

void finalize()

Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.

final Class<?> getClass()

Returns the runtime class of this Object.

int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object.

final void notify()

Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.

final void notifyAll()

Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait()

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.