JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

java.lang.annotation
Class AnnotationFormatError

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Throwable
      extended by java.lang.Error
          extended by java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public class AnnotationFormatError
extends Error

Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.

Since:
1.5
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
AnnotationFormatError(String message)
          Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified detail message.
AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause)
          Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified detail message and cause.
AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause)
          Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause == null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).
 
Method Summary
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

AnnotationFormatError

public AnnotationFormatError(String message)
Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified detail message.

Parameters:
message - the detail message.

AnnotationFormatError

public AnnotationFormatError(String message,
                             Throwable cause)
Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified detail message and cause. Note that the detail message associated with cause is not automatically incorporated in this error's detail message.

Parameters:
message - the detail message
cause - the cause (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

AnnotationFormatError

public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause)
Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause == null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).

Parameters:
cause - the cause (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

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