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package java.lang.annotation;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**

 * 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).

 * This exception 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 AnnotationTypeMismatchException extends RuntimeException {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8125925355765570191L;

    /**

     * The <tt>Method</tt> object for the annotation element.

     */

    private final Method element;

    /**

     * 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.

     */

    private final String foundType;

    /**

     * Constructs an AnnotationTypeMismatchException for the specified

     * annotation type element and found data type.

     *

     * @param element the <tt>Method</tt> object for the annotation element

     * @param 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.

     */

    public AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method element, String foundType) {

        super("Incorrectly typed data found for annotation element " + element

              + " (Found data of type " + foundType + ")");

        this.element = element;

        this.foundType = foundType;

    }

    /**

     * Returns the <tt>Method</tt> object for the incorrectly typed element.

     *

     * @return the <tt>Method</tt> object for the incorrectly typed element

     */

    public Method element() {

        return this.element;

    }

    /**

     * 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.

     *

     * @return the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element

     */

    public String foundType() {

        return this.foundType;

    }

}