java.lang.annotation

Class AnnotationFormatError

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Error

java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError

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. This error can be thrown by the API used to read annotations reflectively.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

AnnotatedElement

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
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.)