001/* IncompleteAnnotationException.java - Thrown when annotation has changed
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037
038package java.lang.annotation;
039
040/**
041 * Thrown when accessing an element within an annotation which
042 * was added since compilation or serialization took place, and
043 * does not have a default value.
044 *
045 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
046 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
047 * @since 1.5
048 */
049public class IncompleteAnnotationException extends RuntimeException
050{
051
052  /**
053   * Constructs a new <code>IncompleteAnnotationException</code>
054   * which indicates that the element, <code>name</code>, was missing
055   * from the annotation, <code>type</code> at compile time and does
056   * not have a default value.
057   *
058   * @param type the type of annotation from which an element is missing.
059   * @param name the name of the missing element.
060   */
061  public IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends Annotation> type,
062                                       String name)
063  {
064    this.annotationType = type;
065    this.elementName = name;
066  }
067
068  /**
069   * Returns the class representing the type of annotation
070   * from which an element was missing.
071   *
072   * @return the type of annotation.
073   */
074  public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType()
075  {
076    return annotationType;
077  }
078
079  /**
080   * Returns the name of the missing annotation element.
081   *
082   * @return the element name.
083   */
084  public String elementName()
085  {
086    return elementName;
087  }
088
089  // Names are chosen from serialization spec.
090
091  /**
092   * The class representing the type of annotation from
093   * which an element was found to be missing.
094   *
095   * @serial the type of the annotation from which an
096   *         element was missing.
097   */
098  private Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType;
099
100  /**
101   * The name of the missing element.
102   *
103   * @serial the name of the missing element.
104   */
105  private String elementName;
106
107}