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25 
26 package java.lang.annotation;
27 
28 /**
29  * Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation
30  * from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.
31  * This error can be thrown by the {@linkplain
32  * java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement API used to read annotations
33  * reflectively}.
34  *
35  * @author  Josh Bloch
36  * @see     java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
37  * @since   1.5
38  */
39 public class AnnotationFormatError extends Error {
40     @java.io.Serial
41     private static final long serialVersionUID = -4256701562333669892L;
42 
43     /**
44      * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
45      * detail message.
46      *
47      * @param   message   the detail message.
48      */
AnnotationFormatError(String message)49     public AnnotationFormatError(String message) {
50         super(message);
51     }
52 
53     /**
54      * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
55      * detail message and cause.  Note that the detail message associated
56      * with {@code cause} is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
57      * this error's detail message.
58      *
59      * @param  message the detail message
60      * @param  cause the cause (A {@code null} value is permitted, and
61      *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
62      */
AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause)63     public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause) {
64         super(message, cause);
65     }
66 
67 
68     /**
69      * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
70      * cause and a detail message of
71      * {@code (cause == null ? null : cause.toString())} (which
72      * typically contains the class and detail message of {@code cause}).
73      *
74      * @param  cause the cause (A {@code null} value is permitted, and
75      *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
76      */
AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause)77     public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause) {
78         super(cause);
79     }
80 }
81