java.lang.annotation
Class IncompleteAnnotationException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              java.lang.annotation.IncompleteAnnotationException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class IncompleteAnnotationException
extends RuntimeException

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.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType, String elementName)
Constructs an IncompleteAnnotationException to indicate that the named element was missing from the specified annotation type.

Method Summary

Class<? extends Annotation>	annotationType() Returns the Class object for the annotation type with the missing element.
String	elementName() Returns the name of the missing element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IncompleteAnnotationException

public IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,
                                     String elementName)

Constructs an IncompleteAnnotationException to indicate that the named element was missing from the specified annotation type.

Parameters:

annotationType - the Class object for the annotation type

elementName - the name of the missing element

Method Detail

annotationType

public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType()

Returns the Class object for the annotation type with the missing element.

Returns:

the Class object for the annotation type with the missing element

elementName

public String elementName()

Returns the name of the missing element.

Returns:

the name of the missing element