Class IllformedLocaleException

java.util.IllformedLocaleException

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable

public class IllformedLocaleException extends RuntimeException

Thrown by methods in Locale and Locale.Builder to indicate that an argument is not a well-formed BCP 47 tag.

Since:

1.7

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`IllformedLocaleException()`	Constructs a new `IllformedLocaleException` with no detail message and -1 as the error index.
`IllformedLocaleException(String message)`	Constructs a new `IllformedLocaleException` with the given message and -1 as the error index.
`IllformedLocaleException(String message, int errorIndex)`	Constructs a new `IllformedLocaleException` with the given message and the error index.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getErrorIndex()`	Returns the index where the error was found.

Methods declared in class Throwable

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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`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 `Throwable.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(PrintStream s)`	Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print stream.
`void`	`printStackTrace(PrintWriter s)`	Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print writer.
`void`	`setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] stackTrace)`	Sets the stack trace elements that will be returned by `Throwable.getStackTrace()` and printed by `Throwable.printStackTrace()` and related methods.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a short description of this throwable.

Methods declared in class Object

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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected Object`	`clone()`	Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code value for this 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.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`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(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.

Constructor Details

IllformedLocaleException

public IllformedLocaleException()

Constructs a new IllformedLocaleException with no detail message and -1 as the error index.

IllformedLocaleException

public IllformedLocaleException(String message)

Constructs a new IllformedLocaleException with the given message and -1 as the error index.

Parameters:: message - the message

IllformedLocaleException

public IllformedLocaleException(String message, int errorIndex)

Constructs a new IllformedLocaleException with the given message and the error index. The error index is the approximate offset from the start of the ill-formed value to the point where the parse first detected an error. A negative error index value indicates either the error index is not applicable or unknown.

Parameters:: message - the message; errorIndex - the index

Method Details

getErrorIndex

public int getErrorIndex()

Returns the index where the error was found. A negative value indicates either the error index is not applicable or unknown.

Returns:: the error index

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