src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/exception/NullArgumentException.java

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package org.apache.commons.math4.exception;

import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.util.ExceptionContext;
import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.util.ExceptionContextProvider;
import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.util.Localizable;
import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;

/**
 * All conditions checks that fail due to a {@code null} argument must throw
 * this exception.
 * This class is meant to signal a precondition violation ("null is an illegal
 * argument") and so does not extend the standard {@code NullPointerException}.
 * Propagation of {@code NullPointerException} from within Commons-Math is
 * construed to be a bug.
 * <p>
 * Note: from 4.0 onwards, this class extends {@link NullPointerException} instead
 * of {@link MathIllegalArgumentException}.
 *
 * @since 2.2
 */
public class NullArgumentException extends NullPointerException
    implements ExceptionContextProvider {

    /** Serializable version Id. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150225L;

    /** Context. */
    private final ExceptionContext context;

    /**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    public NullArgumentException() {
        this(LocalizedFormats.NULL_NOT_ALLOWED);
    }
    /**
     * @param pattern Message pattern providing the specific context of
     * the error.
     * @param arguments Values for replacing the placeholders in {@code pattern}.
     */
    public NullArgumentException(Localizable pattern,
                                 Object ... arguments) {
        context = new ExceptionContext(this);
        context.addMessage(pattern, arguments);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     * @since 4.0
     */
    @Override
    public ExceptionContext getContext() {
        return context;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public String getMessage() {
        return context.getMessage();
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public String getLocalizedMessage() {
        return context.getLocalizedMessage();
    }

}