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25
26package java.lang.annotation;
27
28/**
29 * Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation
30 * from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.
31 * This error can be thrown by the {@linkplain
32 * java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement API used to read annotations
33 * reflectively}.
34 *
35 * @author  Josh Bloch
36 * @see     java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
37 * @since   1.5
38 */
39public class AnnotationFormatError extends Error {
40    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4256701562333669892L;
41
42    /**
43     * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
44     * detail message.
45     *
46     * @param   message   the detail message.
47     */
48    public AnnotationFormatError(String message) {
49        super(message);
50    }
51
52    /**
53     * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
54     * detail message and cause.  Note that the detail message associated
55     * with {@code cause} is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
56     * this error's detail message.
57     *
58     * @param  message the detail message
59     * @param  cause the cause (A {@code null} value is permitted, and
60     *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
61     */
62    public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause) {
63        super(message, cause);
64    }
65
66
67    /**
68     * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
69     * cause and a detail message of
70     * {@code (cause == null ? null : cause.toString())} (which
71     * typically contains the class and detail message of {@code cause}).
72     *
73     * @param  cause the cause (A {@code null} value is permitted, and
74     *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
75     */
76    public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause) {
77        super(cause);
78    }
79}
80