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package java.lang.annotation;
/**
* Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation
* from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.
* This error 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 AnnotationFormatError extends Error {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -4256701562333669892L;
/**
* Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
* detail message.
*
* @param message the detail message.
*/
public AnnotationFormatError(String message) {
super(message);
}
/**
* Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
* detail message and cause. Note that the detail message associated
* with {@code cause} is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
* this error's detail message.
*
* @param message the detail message
* @param cause the cause (A {@code null} value is permitted, and
* indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
*/
public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause) {
super(message, cause);
}
/**
* Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
* cause and a detail message of
* {@code (cause == null ? null : cause.toString())} (which
* typically contains the class and detail message of {@code cause}).
*
* @param cause the cause (A {@code null} value is permitted, and
* indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
*/
public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause) {
super(cause);
}
}