001 /* IncompleteAnnotationException.java - Thrown when annotation has changed
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037
038 package java.lang.annotation;
039
040 /**
041 * Thrown when accessing an element within an annotation which
042 * was added since compilation or serialization took place, and
043 * does not have a default value.
044 *
045 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
046 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
047 * @since 1.5
048 */
049 public class IncompleteAnnotationException extends RuntimeException
050 {
051
052 /**
053 * Constructs a new <code>IncompleteAnnotationException</code>
054 * which indicates that the element, <code>name</code>, was missing
055 * from the annotation, <code>type</code> at compile time and does
056 * not have a default value.
057 *
058 * @param type the type of annotation from which an element is missing.
059 * @param name the name of the missing element.
060 */
061 public IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends Annotation> type,
062 String name)
063 {
064 this.annotationType = type;
065 this.elementName = name;
066 }
067
068 /**
069 * Returns the class representing the type of annotation
070 * from which an element was missing.
071 *
072 * @return the type of annotation.
073 */
074 public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType()
075 {
076 return annotationType;
077 }
078
079 /**
080 * Returns the name of the missing annotation element.
081 *
082 * @return the element name.
083 */
084 public String elementName()
085 {
086 return elementName;
087 }
088
089 // Names are chosen from serialization spec.
090
091 /**
092 * The class representing the type of annotation from
093 * which an element was found to be missing.
094 *
095 * @serial the type of the annotation from which an
096 * element was missing.
097 */
098 private Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType;
099
100 /**
101 * The name of the missing element.
102 *
103 * @serial the name of the missing element.
104 */
105 private String elementName;
106
107 }