Equivalent of IllegalArgumentException of Java in C++

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Unlike Java, C++ does not have a “standard framework” but only a small (and optional) standard library. Moreover, there are different opinions under C++ programmers whether to use exceptions at all.

Therefore you will find different recommendations by different people: Some like to use exception types from the standard library, some libraries (e.g. Poco) use a custom exception hierarchy (derived from std::exception), and others don’t use exceptions at all (e.g. Qt).

If you want to stick to the standard library, there exists a specialized exception type: invalid_argument (extends logic_error).

#include <stdexcept>

// ...
throw std::invalid_argument("...");

For the reference: Here is an overview of standard exception types defined (and documented) in stdexcept:

exception
    logic_error
        domain_error
        invalid_argument
        length_error
        out_of_range
    runtime_error
        range_error
        overflow_error
        underflow_error

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