2003-01-14 Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>

[pf3gnuchains/gcc-fork.git] / libjava / java / awt / TextComponent.java

diff --git a/libjava/java/awt/TextComponent.java b/libjava/java/awt/TextComponent.java
index 5ba80ed..6dc904c 100644 (file)
--- a/libjava/java/awt/TextComponent.java
+++ b/libjava/java/awt/TextComponent.java
@@ -291,10 +291,18 @@ getCaretPosition()
   * Sets the caret position to the specified value.
   *
   * @param caretPosition The new caret position.
+  *
+  * @exception IllegalArgumentException If the value supplied for position
+  * is less than zero.
+  *
+  * @since 1.1
   */
 public synchronized void
 setCaretPosition(int caretPosition)
 {
+  if (caretPosition < 0)
+    throw new IllegalArgumentException ();
+  
   TextComponentPeer tcp = (TextComponentPeer)getPeer();
   if (tcp != null)
     tcp.setCaretPosition(caretPosition);