# Class BadLocationException

java.lang.Object
java.lang.Throwable
java.lang.Exception
javax.swing.text.BadLocationException

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Serializable`

public class BadLocationException extends Exception
This exception is to report bad locations within a document model (that is, attempts to reference a location that doesn't exist).

Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans has been added to the `java.beans` package. Please see `XMLEncoder`.

## Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor
Description
`BadLocationException(String s, int offs)`
Creates a new BadLocationException object.

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`int`
`offsetRequested()`
Returns the offset into the document that was not legal.

### Methods declared in class Throwable

`addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString`

### Methods declared in class Object

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

## Constructor Details

### BadLocationException

public BadLocationException(String s, int offs)
Creates a new BadLocationException object.

Parameters:
  `s` - a string indicating what was wrong with the arguments
  `offs` - offset within the document that was requested >= 0

## Method Details

### offsetRequested

public int offsetRequested()
Returns the offset into the document that was not legal.

Returns:
  the offset >= 0