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 package java.lang.annotation;

 import java.lang.reflect.Method;

 /**

  * Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of

  * an annotation whose type has changed after the annotation was compiled

  * (or serialized).

  * This exception can be thrown by the {@linkplain

  * java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement API used to read annotations

  * reflectively}.

  *

  * @author  Josh Bloch

  * @see     java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement

  * @since 1.5

  */

 public class AnnotationTypeMismatchException extends RuntimeException {

     private static final long serialVersionUID = 8125925355765570191L;

     /**

      * The <tt>Method</tt> object for the annotation element.

      */

     private final Method element;

     /**

      * The (erroneous) type of data found in the annotation.  This string

      * may, but is not required to, contain the value as well.  The exact

      * format of the string is unspecified.

      */

     private final String foundType;

     /**

      * Constructs an AnnotationTypeMismatchException for the specified

      * annotation type element and found data type.

      *

      * @param element the <tt>Method</tt> object for the annotation element

      * @param foundType the (erroneous) type of data found in the annotation.

      *        This string may, but is not required to, contain the value

      *        as well.  The exact format of the string is unspecified.

      */

     public AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method element, String foundType) {

         super("Incorrectly typed data found for annotation element " + element

               + " (Found data of type " + foundType + ")");

         this.element = element;

         this.foundType = foundType;

     }

     /**

      * Returns the <tt>Method</tt> object for the incorrectly typed element.

      *

      * @return the <tt>Method</tt> object for the incorrectly typed element

      */

     public Method element() {

         return this.element;

     }

     /**

      * Returns the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element.

      * The returned string may, but is not required to, contain the value

      * as well.  The exact format of the string is unspecified.

      *

      * @return the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element

      */

     public String foundType() {

         return this.foundType;

     }

 }