001 /* AnnotationFormatError.java - Thrown when an binary annotation is malformed
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037
038 package java.lang.annotation;
039
040 /**
041 * Thrown when an annotation found in a class file is
042 * malformed. When the virtual machine finds a class file
043 * containing annotations, it attempts to parse them.
044 * This error is thrown if this operation fails.
045 *
046 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
047 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
048 * @since 1.5
049 */
050 public class AnnotationFormatError extends Error
051 {
052 private static final long serialVersionUID = -4256701562333669892L;
053
054 /**
055 * Constructs a new <code>AnnotationFormatError</code>
056 * using the specified message to give details of the error.
057 *
058 * @param message the message to use in the error output.
059 */
060 public AnnotationFormatError(String message)
061 {
062 super(message);
063 }
064
065 /**
066 * <p>
067 * Constructs a new <code>AnnotationFormatError</code>
068 * using the specified message to give details of the error.
069 * The supplied cause <code>Throwable</code> is used to
070 * provide additional history, with regards to the root
071 * of the problem. It is perfectly valid for this to be null, if
072 * the cause is unknown.
073 * </p>
074 * <p>
075 * <strong>Note</strong>: if a cause is supplied, the error
076 * message from this cause is not automatically included in the
077 * error message given by this error.
078 * </p>
079 *
080 * @param message the message to use in the error output
081 * @param cause the cause of this error, or null if the cause
082 * is unknown.
083 */
084 public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause)
085 {
086 super(message, cause);
087 }
088
089 /**
090 * Constructs a new <code>AnnotationFormatError</code> using
091 * the supplied cause <code>Throwable</code> to
092 * provide additional history, with regards to the root
093 * of the problem. It is perfectly valid for this to be null, if
094 * the cause is unknown. If the cause is not null, the error
095 * message from this cause will also be used as the message
096 * for this error.
097 *
098 * @param cause the cause of the error.
099 */
100 public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause)
101 {
102 super(cause);
103 }
104
105 }