Java In A Nutshell, 5th Edition

An IllegalFormatException of this type is thrown by a Formatter when the precision of a format string is illegal.

public class IllegalFormatPrecisionException extends IllegalFormatException { // Public Constructors public IllegalFormatPrecisionException (int p ); // Public Instance Methods public int getPrecision ( ); // Public Methods Overriding Throwable public String getMessage ( ); }