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/* AnnotationTypeMismatchException.java - Thrown when annotation has changed

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package java.lang.annotation;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**

 * Thrown when accessing an element within an annotation for

 * which the type has changed, since compilation or serialization

 * took place.  The mismatch between the compiled or serialized

 * type and the current type causes this exception to be thrown.

 *

 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)

 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)

 * @since 1.5

 */

public class AnnotationTypeMismatchException extends RuntimeException

{

  /**

   * For compatability with Sun's JDK

   */

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 8125925355765570191L;

  /**

   * Constructs an <code>AnnotationTypeMismatchException</code>

   * which is due to a mismatched type in the annotation

   * element, <code>m</code>. The erroneous type used for the

   * data in <code>m</code> is represented by the string,

   * <code>type</code>.  This string is of an undefined format,

   * and may contain the value as well as the type.

   *

   * @param m the element from the annotation.

   * @param type the name of the erroneous type found in <code>m</code>.

   */

  public AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method m, String type)

  {

    this.element = m;

    this.foundType = type;

  }

  /**

   * Returns the element from the annotation, for which a

   * mismatch occurred.

   *

   * @return the element with the mismatched type.

   */

  public Method element()

  {

    return element;

  }

  /**

   * Returns the erroneous type used by the element,

   * represented as a <code>String</code>.  The format

   * of this <code>String</code> is not explicitly specified,

   * and may contain the value as well as the type.

   *

   * @return the type found in the element.

   */

  public String foundType()

  {

    return foundType;

  }

  // Names are chosen from serialization spec.

  /**

   * The element from the annotation.

   *

   * @serial the element with the mismatched type.

   */

  private Method element;

  /**

   * The erroneous type used by the element.

   *

   * @serial the type found in the element.

   */

  private String foundType;

}