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package java.util;

/** 
 * Thrown when the flags supplied to the {@link Formatter#format()}
 * method of a {@link Formatter} form an illegal combination.
 *
 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
 * @since 1.5 
 */
public class IllegalFormatFlagsException 
  extends IllegalFormatException
{
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 790824L;

  /**
   * The set of flags which forms an illegal combination.
   *
   * @serial the illegal set of flags.
   */
  // Note: name fixed by serialization.
  private String flags;

  /**
   * Constructs a new <code>IllegalFormatFlagsException</code>
   * for the specified flags.
   *
   * @param flags the illegal set of flags.
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>flags</code> is null.
   */
  public IllegalFormatFlagsException(String flags)
  {
    super("An illegal set of flags, " + flags + ", was supplied.");
    if (flags == null)
      throw new NullPointerException("The supplied flags are null.");
    this.flags = flags;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the illegal flags.
   *
   * @return the illegal flags.
   */
  public String getFlags()
  {
    return flags;
  }
}