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The AnnotationFormatError.java Java example source code

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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 <tt>AnnotationFormatError with the specified
     * detail message.
     *
     * @param   message   the detail message.
     */
    public AnnotationFormatError(String message) {
        super(message);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new <tt>AnnotationFormatError with the specified
     * detail message and cause.  Note that the detail message associated
     * with <code>cause is not automatically incorporated in
     * this error's detail message.
     *
     * @param  message the detail message
     * @param  cause the cause (A <tt>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 <tt>AnnotationFormatError with the specified
     * cause and a detail message of
     * <tt>(cause == null ? null : cause.toString()) (which
     * typically contains the class and detail message of <tt>cause).
     *
     * @param  cause the cause (A <tt>null value is permitted, and
     *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
     */
    public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause) {
        super(cause);
    }
}