What is the best way to catch an IllegalArgumentException

Question

When would be the best use of this type of exception and is it handeled properly if caught in a catch like so?

catch(Exception e)

Or does it ne

Answer 1

You should not handle an IllegalArgumentException. It's porpose is to inform the developer, that he have called a method with wrong arguments. Solution is, to call the method with other arguments.

If you must catch it you should use

catch(IllegalArgumentException e)