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package java.lang.annotation;
/**
* Indicates that an element of an annotation type was accessed that was added
* after the type was compiled or serialized. This does not apply to new
* elements that have default values.
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public class IncompleteAnnotationException extends RuntimeException {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 8445097402741811912L;
private Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType;
private String elementName;
/**
* Constructs an instance with the incomplete annotation type and the name
* of the element that's missing.
*
* @param annotationType
* the annotation type.
* @param elementName
* the name of the incomplete element.
*/
public IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,
String elementName) {
super("The element " + elementName + " is not complete for the annotation " +
annotationType.getName());
this.annotationType = annotationType;
this.elementName = elementName;
}
/**
* Returns the annotation type.
*
* @return a Class instance.
*/
public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType() {
return annotationType;
}
/**
* Returns the incomplete element's name.
*
* @return the name of the element.
*/
public String elementName() {
return elementName;
}
}