org.apache.commons.lang
Class IllegalClassException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
                  org.apache.commons.lang.IllegalClassException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class IllegalClassException

extends IllegalArgumentException

Thrown when an object is an instance of an unexpected type (a class or interface).

Since:

2.0

Version:

$Id: IllegalClassException.java,v 1.5 2003/08/18 02:22:23 bayard Exp $

Author:

Matthew Hawthorne, Gary Gregory

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

IllegalClassException(Class expected, Class actual)
Instantiates with the specified types (classes or interfaces).

IllegalClassException(String message)
Instantiates with the specified message.

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

IllegalClassException

public IllegalClassException(Class expected,
                             Class actual)

Instantiates with the specified types (classes or interfaces).

Parameters:

expected - the expected type

actual - the actual type

IllegalClassException

public IllegalClassException(String message)

Instantiates with the specified message.

Parameters:

message - the exception message