org.znerd.math
Class CanNotCompareException

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--java.lang.Throwable
        |
        +--java.lang.Exception
              |
              +--java.lang.RuntimeException
                    |
                    +--org.znerd.math.CanNotCompareException

public class CanNotCompareException

extends RuntimeException

Exception thrown to indicate a compare operation failed. This exception is thrown by the compareTo(RealNumber) method in interface RealNumber.

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2002/08/16 19:12:40 $

Author:

Ernst de Haan (znerd@FreeBSD.org)

See Also:

RealNumber.compareTo(RealNumber), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

CanNotCompareException(RealNumber a, RealNumber b)
Constructs a new CanNotCompareException for a failed comparison between the specified numbers.

Method Summary

RealNumber[]

getNumbers() Returns the numbers that could not be compared in a new array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CanNotCompareException

public CanNotCompareException(RealNumber a,
                              RealNumber b)
                       throws IllegalArgumentException

Constructs a new CanNotCompareException for a failed comparison between the specified numbers.

Parameters:

a - the first number, not null.

b - the second number, not null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if a == null || b == null.

Method Detail

getNumbers

public RealNumber[] getNumbers()

Returns the numbers that could not be compared in a new array.

Returns:

the numbers that could not be compared in a new array with size 2, never null.