Source for java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError

   1: /* AnnotationFormatError.java - Thrown when an binary annotation is malformed
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  37: 
  38: package java.lang.annotation;
  39: 
  40: /**
  41:  * Thrown when an annotation found in a class file is
  42:  * malformed.  When the virtual machine finds a class file
  43:  * containing annotations, it attempts to parse them.
  44:  * This error is thrown if this operation fails.
  45:  *
  46:  * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
  47:  * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
  48:  * @since 1.5
  49:  */
  50: public class AnnotationFormatError extends Error
  51: {
  52:   private static final long serialVersionUID = -4256701562333669892L;
  53: 
  54:   /**
  55:    * Constructs a new <code>AnnotationFormatError</code>
  56:    * using the specified message to give details of the error.
  57:    *
  58:    * @param message the message to use in the error output.
  59:    */
  60:   public AnnotationFormatError(String message)
  61:   {
  62:     super(message);
  63:   }
  64: 
  65:   /**
  66:    * <p>
  67:    * Constructs a new <code>AnnotationFormatError</code>
  68:    * using the specified message to give details of the error.
  69:    * The supplied cause <code>Throwable</code> is used to
  70:    * provide additional history, with regards to the root
  71:    * of the problem.  It is perfectly valid for this to be null, if
  72:    * the cause is unknown.
  73:    * </p>
  74:    * <p>
  75:    * <strong>Note</strong>: if a cause is supplied, the error
  76:    * message from this cause is not automatically included in the
  77:    * error message given by this error.
  78:    * </p>
  79:    *
  80:    * @param message the message to use in the error output
  81:    * @param cause the cause of this error, or null if the cause
  82:    *              is unknown.
  83:    */
  84:   public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause)
  85:   {
  86:     super(message, cause);
  87:   }
  88: 
  89:   /**
  90:    * Constructs a new <code>AnnotationFormatError</code> using
  91:    * the supplied cause <code>Throwable</code> to
  92:    * provide additional history, with regards to the root
  93:    * of the problem.  It is perfectly valid for this to be null, if
  94:    * the cause is unknown.  If the cause is not null, the error
  95:    * message from this cause will also be used as the message
  96:    * for this error.
  97:    *
  98:    * @param cause the cause of the error.
  99:    */
 100:   public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause)
 101:   {
 102:     super(cause);
 103:   }
 104: 
 105: }