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package java.lang.annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* Indicates that an annotation type has changed since it was compiled or
* serialized.
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public class AnnotationTypeMismatchException extends RuntimeException {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 8125925355765570191L;
private Method element;
private String foundType;
/**
* Constructs an instance for the given type element and the type found.
*
* @param element
* the annotation type element.
* @param foundType
* the invalid type that was found. This is actually the textual
* type description found in the binary class representation,
* so it may not be human-readable.
*/
public AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method element, String foundType) {
super("The annotation element " + element + " doesn't match the type " + foundType);
this.element = element;
this.foundType = foundType;
}
/**
* Returns the method object for the invalid type.
*
* @return a {@link Method} instance.
*/
public Method element() {
return element;
}
/**
* Returns the invalid type.
*
* @return a string describing the invalid data.
*/
public String foundType() {
return foundType;
}
}