com.gargoylesoftware.base.util
Class DetailedNullPointerException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              java.lang.NullPointerException
                  com.gargoylesoftware.base.util.DetailedNullPointerException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class DetailedNullPointerException

extends NullPointerException

A more detailed version of NullPointerException that contains information about what argument was null.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Mike Bowler

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

DetailedNullPointerException(String argumentName)
Create an instance

DetailedNullPointerException(String argumentName, String message)
Create an instance

Method Summary

String

getArgumentName() Return the name of the argument that was null.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DetailedNullPointerException

public DetailedNullPointerException(String argumentName,
                                    String message)

Create an instance

Parameters:

argumentName - The name of the argument that was null

message - The message to use in the exception

DetailedNullPointerException

public DetailedNullPointerException(String argumentName)

Create an instance

Parameters:

argumentName - The name of the argument that was null

Method Detail

getArgumentName

public String getArgumentName()

Return the name of the argument that was null.

Returns:

The name of the argument