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26 package java.lang.annotation;
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
36 * @see java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
39 public class AnnotationFormatError extends Error {
40 private static final long serialVersionUID = -4256701562333669892L;
43 * Constructs a new <tt>AnnotationFormatError</tt> with the specified
46 * @param message the detail message.
48 public AnnotationFormatError(String message) {
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.
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.)
62 public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause) {
63 super(message, cause);
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>).
73 * @param cause the cause (A <tt>null</tt> value is permitted, and
74 * indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
76 public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause) {