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package java.lang.annotation;

/**

 * Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation

 * from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.

 * This error can be thrown by the {@linkplain

 * java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement API used to read annotations

 * reflectively}.

 *

 * @author  Josh Bloch

 * @see     java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement

 * @since   1.5

 */

public class AnnotationFormatError extends Error {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4256701562333669892L;

    /**

     * Constructs a new <tt>AnnotationFormatError</tt> with the specified

     * detail message.

     *

     * @param   message   the detail message.

     */

    public AnnotationFormatError(String message) {

        super(message);

    }

    /**

     * Constructs a new <tt>AnnotationFormatError</tt> with the specified

     * detail message and cause.  Note that the detail message associated

     * with <code>cause</code> is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in

     * this error's detail message.

     *

     * @param  message the detail message

     * @param  cause the cause (A <tt>null</tt> value is permitted, and

     *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

     */

    public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause) {

        super(message, cause);

    }

    /**

     * Constructs a new <tt>AnnotationFormatError</tt> with the specified

     * cause and a detail message of

     * <tt>(cause == null ? null : cause.toString())</tt> (which

     * typically contains the class and detail message of <tt>cause</tt>).

     *

     * @param  cause the cause (A <tt>null</tt> value is permitted, and

     *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

     */

    public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause) {

        super(cause);

    }

}