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package java.lang.annotation;
/**
* Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of
* an annotation type that was added to the annotation type definition after
* the annotation was compiled (or serialized). This exception will not be
* thrown if the new element has a default value.
*
* @author Josh Bloch
* @since 1.5
*/
public class IncompleteAnnotationException extends RuntimeException {
private Class annotationType;
private String elementName;
/**
* Constructs an IncompleteAnnotationException to indicate that
* the named element was missing from the specified annotation type.
*
* @param annotationType the Class object for the annotation type
* @param elementName the name of the missing element
*/
public IncompleteAnnotationException(
Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,
String elementName) {
super(annotationType.getName() + " missing element " + elementName);
this.annotationType = annotationType;
this.elementName = elementName;
}
/**
* Returns the Class object for the annotation type with the
* missing element.
*
* @return the Class object for the annotation type with the
* missing element
*/
public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType() {
return annotationType;
}
/**
* Returns the name of the missing element.
*
* @return the name of the missing element
*/
public String elementName() {
return elementName;
}
}