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package org.apache.commons.math3.exception;

import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.util.Localizable;
import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;

All conditions checks that fail due to a 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 NullPointerException. Propagation of NullPointerException from within Commons-Math is construed to be a bug. 
Since:
2.2/**
 * 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.
 *
 * @since 2.2
 */
public class NullArgumentException extends MathIllegalArgumentException {
    
Serializable version Id. /** Serializable version Id. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -6024911025449780478L;

    
Default constructor.
/**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    public NullArgumentException() {
        this(LocalizedFormats.NULL_NOT_ALLOWED);
    }
    
Params:
pattern – Message pattern providing the specific context of
the error.
arguments – Values for replacing the placeholders in pattern./**
     * @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) {
        super(pattern, arguments);
    }
}