core/sis-utility/src/main/java/org/apache/sis/util/NullArgumentException.java

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package org.apache.sis.util;


/**
 * Thrown when a null argument has been given to a method that doesn't accept them.
 * This exception extends {@link NullPointerException} in order to stress out that
 * the error is an illegal argument rather than an unexpected usage of a null pointer
 * inside a method body.
 *
 * <div class="note"><b>API note:</b>
 * We could argue that this exception should extend {@link IllegalArgumentException}.
 * However {@link NullPointerException} has become a more widely adopted practice and
 * is now the recommended one in the <cite>Effective Java</cite> book.</div>
 *
 * @author Martin Desruisseaux (Geomatys)
 * @version 0.3
 *
 * @see ArgumentChecks#ensureNonNull(String, Object)
 *
 * @since 0.3
 * @module
 */
public class NullArgumentException extends NullPointerException {
    /**
     * For cross-version compatibility.
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 7924011726325288438L;

    /**
     * Constructs an exception with no detail message.
     */
    public NullArgumentException() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an exception with the specified detail message.
     *
     * @param message  the detail message.
     */
    public NullArgumentException(final String message) {
        super(message);
    }
}