Chapter 18
The java.util.zip Package

DataFormatException

Name

DataFormatException

Synopsis

Class Name:

java.util.zip.DataFormatException

Superclass:

java.lang.Exception

Immediate Subclasses:

None

Interfaces Implemented:

None

Availability:

New as of JDK 1.1

A DataFormatException is thrown when data is not in the expected format, which can mean that the data is invalid or corrupt. In particular, the inflate() methods of Inflater throw this exception if they encounter data in an unexpected format.

Class Summary

public class java.util.zip.DataFormatException
             extends java.lang.Exception {
  // Constructors
  public DataFormatException();
  public DataFormatException(String s);
}

Constructors

DataFormatException

protected DataFormatException()

Description: This constructor creates a DataFormatException with no associated detail message.

public DataFormatException(String s)

Parameters

s: The detail message.

Description

This constructor creates a DataFormatException with the specified detail message.

Inherited Methods

Method	Inherited From	Method	Inherited From
`clone()`	`Object`	`equals(Object)`	`Object`
`fillInStackTrace()`	`Throwable`	`finalize()`	`Object`
`getClass()`	`Object`	`getLocalizedMessage()`	`Throwable`
`getMessage()`	`Throwable`	`hashCode()`	`Object`
`notify()`	`Object`	`notifyAll()`	`Object`
`printStackTrace()`	`Throwable`	`printStackTrace(PrintStream)`	`Throwable`
`printStackTrace(PrintWriter)`	`Throwable`	`toString()`	`Throwable`
`wait()`	`Object`	`wait(long)`	`Object`
`wait(long, int)`	`Object`