001    /* AnnotationFormatError.java - Thrown when an binary annotation is malformed
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037    
038    package java.lang.annotation;
039    
040    /**
041     * Thrown when an annotation found in a class file is
042     * malformed.  When the virtual machine finds a class file
043     * containing annotations, it attempts to parse them.
044     * This error is thrown if this operation fails.
045     *
046     * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
047     * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
048     * @since 1.5
049     */
050    public class AnnotationFormatError extends Error
051    {
052      private static final long serialVersionUID = -4256701562333669892L;
053    
054      /**
055       * Constructs a new <code>AnnotationFormatError</code>
056       * using the specified message to give details of the error.
057       *
058       * @param message the message to use in the error output.
059       */
060      public AnnotationFormatError(String message)
061      {
062        super(message);
063      }
064    
065      /**
066       * <p>
067       * Constructs a new <code>AnnotationFormatError</code>
068       * using the specified message to give details of the error.
069       * The supplied cause <code>Throwable</code> is used to
070       * provide additional history, with regards to the root
071       * of the problem.  It is perfectly valid for this to be null, if
072       * the cause is unknown.
073       * </p>
074       * <p>
075       * <strong>Note</strong>: if a cause is supplied, the error
076       * message from this cause is not automatically included in the
077       * error message given by this error.
078       * </p>
079       *
080       * @param message the message to use in the error output
081       * @param cause the cause of this error, or null if the cause
082       *              is unknown.
083       */
084      public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause)
085      {
086        super(message, cause);
087      }
088    
089      /**
090       * Constructs a new <code>AnnotationFormatError</code> using
091       * the supplied cause <code>Throwable</code> to
092       * provide additional history, with regards to the root
093       * of the problem.  It is perfectly valid for this to be null, if
094       * the cause is unknown.  If the cause is not null, the error
095       * message from this cause will also be used as the message
096       * for this error.
097       *
098       * @param cause the cause of the error.
099       */
100      public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause)
101      {
102        super(cause);
103      }
104    
105    }