java.lang.annotation
Class AnnotationTypeMismatchException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              java.lang.annotation.AnnotationTypeMismatchException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class AnnotationTypeMismatchException
extends RuntimeException

Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation whose type has changed after the annotation was compiled (or serialized).

Since:

1.5

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method element, String foundType)
Constructs an AnnotationTypeMismatchException for the specified annotation type element and found data type.

Method Summary

Method	element() Returns the Method object for the incorrectly typed element.
String	foundType() Returns the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AnnotationTypeMismatchException

public AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method element,
                                       String foundType)

Constructs an AnnotationTypeMismatchException for the specified annotation type element and found data type.

Parameters:

element - the Method object for the annotation element

foundType - the (erroneous) type of data found in the annotation. This string may, but is not required to, contain the value as well. The exact format of the string is unspecified.

Method Detail

element

public Method element()

Returns the Method object for the incorrectly typed element.

Returns:

the Method object for the incorrectly typed element

foundType

public String foundType()

Returns the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element. The returned string may, but is not required to, contain the value as well. The exact format of the string is unspecified.

Returns:

the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element