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25 
26 package java.lang;
27 
28 /**
29  * Thrown when an application tries to access a type using a string
30  * representing the type's name, but no definition for the type with
31  * the specified name can be found.   This exception differs from
32  * {@link ClassNotFoundException} in that <tt>ClassNotFoundException</tt> is a
33  * checked exception, whereas this exception is unchecked.
34  *
35  * <p>Note that this exception may be used when undefined type variables
36  * are accessed as well as when types (e.g., classes, interfaces or
37  * annotation types) are loaded.
38  * In particular, this exception can be thrown by the {@linkplain
39  * java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement API used to read annotations
40  * reflectively}.
41  *
42  * @author  Josh Bloch
43  * @see     java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
44  * @since 1.5
45  */
46 public class TypeNotPresentException extends RuntimeException {
47     private static final long serialVersionUID = -5101214195716534496L;
48 
49     private String typeName;
50 
51     /**
52      * Constructs a <tt>TypeNotPresentException</tt> for the named type
53      * with the specified cause.
54      *
55      * @param typeName the fully qualified name of the unavailable type
56      * @param cause the exception that was thrown when the system attempted to
57      *    load the named type, or <tt>null</tt> if unavailable or inapplicable
58      */
TypeNotPresentException(String typeName, Throwable cause)59     public TypeNotPresentException(String typeName, Throwable cause) {
60         super("Type " + typeName + " not present", cause);
61         this.typeName = typeName;
62     }
63 
64     /**
65      * Returns the fully qualified name of the unavailable type.
66      *
67      * @return the fully qualified name of the unavailable type
68      */
typeName()69     public String typeName() { return typeName;}
70 }
71