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25 
26 package java.lang.annotation;
27 
28 /**
29  * Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation
30  * from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.
31  * This error can be thrown by the {@linkplain
32  * java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement API used to read annotations
33  * reflectively}.
34  *
35  * @author  Josh Bloch
36  * @see     java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
37  * @since   1.5
38  */
39 public class AnnotationFormatError extends Error {
40     private static final long serialVersionUID = -4256701562333669892L;
41 
42     /**
43      * Constructs a new <tt>AnnotationFormatError</tt> with the specified
44      * detail message.
45      *
46      * @param   message   the detail message.
47      */
AnnotationFormatError(String message)48     public AnnotationFormatError(String message) {
49         super(message);
50     }
51 
52     /**
53      * Constructs a new <tt>AnnotationFormatError</tt> with the specified
54      * detail message and cause.  Note that the detail message associated
55      * with <code>cause</code> is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
56      * this error's detail message.
57      *
58      * @param  message the detail message
59      * @param  cause the cause (A <tt>null</tt> value is permitted, and
60      *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
61      */
AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause)62     public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause) {
63         super(message, cause);
64     }
65 
66 
67     /**
68      * Constructs a new <tt>AnnotationFormatError</tt> with the specified
69      * cause and a detail message of
70      * <tt>(cause == null ? null : cause.toString())</tt> (which
71      * typically contains the class and detail message of <tt>cause</tt>).
72      *
73      * @param  cause the cause (A <tt>null</tt> value is permitted, and
74      *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
75      */
AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause)76     public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause) {
77         super(cause);
78     }
79 }
80