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+/*
+ * Copyright 2003-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+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).
+ *
+ * @author  Josh Bloch
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public class AnnotationTypeMismatchException extends RuntimeException {
+    /**
+     * 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;
+    }
+}