Package java.lang.annotation

Class AnnotationFormatError

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Error

java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class AnnotationFormatError
extends Error

Indicates that an annotation in the binary representation of a class is syntactically incorrect and the annotation parser is unable to process it. This exception is unlikely to ever occur, given that the code has been compiled by an ordinary Java compiler.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AnnotationFormatError(String message)	Constructs an instance with the message provided.
AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause)	Constructs an instance with a message and a cause.
AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause)	Constructs an instance with a cause.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

AnnotationFormatError

public AnnotationFormatError(String message)

Constructs an instance with the message provided.

Parameters:

message - the details of the error.

AnnotationFormatError

public AnnotationFormatError(String message,
Throwable cause)

Constructs an instance with a message and a cause.

Parameters:

message - the details of the error.

cause - the cause of the error or null if none.

AnnotationFormatError

public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause)

Constructs an instance with a cause. If the cause is not null, then cause.toString() is used as the error's message.

Parameters:

cause - the cause of the error or null if none.