In spec there is written:
public void rowsInserted(int firstRow,
                         int endRow)
    Throws:
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - if either argument is outside the range of the underlying model after the change, or firstRow > endRow
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public void rowsDeleted(int firstRow,
                        int endRow)
    Throws:
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - if either argument is outside the range of the underlying model, or firstRow > endRow
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public void rowsUpdated(int firstRow,
                        int endRow)
    Throws:
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - if either argument is outside the range of the underlying model, or firstRow > endRow

But methods don't throw IOBException:
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import javax.swing.table.TableRowSorter;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.DefaultRowSorter;

public class TT {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        TT t = new TT();
        System.out.println(t.test()? "Test PASSED": "Test FAILED");
    }

    private boolean exceptionTest(DefaultRowSorter rs, int firstRow,
                                     int endRow) {
        String ms = firstRow + ", " + endRow + ") IOBException expected";
        try {
            rs.rowsInserted(firstRow, endRow);
            System.out.println("rs.rowsInserted(" + ms);
            rs.rowsDeleted(firstRow, endRow);
            System.out.println("rs.rowsDeleted(" + ms);
            rs.rowsUpdated(firstRow, endRow);
            System.out.println("rs.rowsUpdated(" + ms);
            return false;
        } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
            return true;
        }
    }

    public boolean test() {
        boolean passed = true;
        DefaultRowSorter rs = new TableRowSorter<DefaultTableModel>(
                new DefaultTableModel(5, 5));
        int[][] tests = {
                {4, 2}, // firstRow > endRow
                {4, 100}, // endRow > 5
                {4, -8}, // endRow < 0
                {100, 4}, // firstRow > 5
                {-8, 4}, // firstRow < 0
                {100, 100} // first, endRow > 5
        };

        for(int[] test : tests) {
            if(!exceptionTest(rs, test[0], test[1])) {
                passed = false;
            }
        }
        return passed;
    }
}

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rs.rowsInserted(4, 2) IOBException expected
rs.rowsDeleted(4, 2) IOBException expected
rs.rowsUpdated(4, 2) IOBException expected
rs.rowsInserted(4, 100) IOBException expected
rs.rowsDeleted(4, 100) IOBException expected
rs.rowsUpdated(4, 100) IOBException expected
rs.rowsInserted(4, -8) IOBException expected
rs.rowsDeleted(4, -8) IOBException expected
rs.rowsUpdated(4, -8) IOBException expected
rs.rowsInserted(100, 4) IOBException expected
rs.rowsDeleted(100, 4) IOBException expected
rs.rowsUpdated(100, 4) IOBException expected
rs.rowsInserted(-8, 4) IOBException expected
rs.rowsDeleted(-8, 4) IOBException expected
rs.rowsUpdated(-8, 4) IOBException expected
rs.rowsInserted(100, 100) IOBException expected
rs.rowsDeleted(100, 100) IOBException expected
rs.rowsUpdated(100, 100) IOBException expected
Test FAILED
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The same situation with the
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public void rowsUpdated(int firstRow,
                        int endRow,
                        int column)
    Throws:
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - if either argument is outside the range of the underlying model after the change, firstRow > endRow, or column is outside the range of the underlying model