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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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+ *
+ * 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).
+ *
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+ * 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 Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ */
+
+package java.lang.reflect;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown when {@link java.lang.reflect.Executable#getParameters the
+ * java.lang.reflect package} attempts to read method parameters from
+ * a class file and determines that one or more parameters are
+ * malformed.
+ *
+ * <p>The following is a list of conditions under which this exception
+ * can be thrown:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li> The number of parameters (parameter_count) is wrong for the method
+ * <li> A constant pool index is out of bounds.
+ * <li> A constant pool index does not refer to a UTF-8 entry
+ * <li> A parameter's name is "", or contains an illegal character
+ * <li> The flags field contains an illegal flag (something other than
+ *     FINAL, SYNTHETIC, or MANDATED)
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * See {@link java.lang.reflect.Executable#getParameters} for more
+ * information.
+ *
+ * @see java.lang.reflect.Executable#getParameters
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+public class MalformedParametersException extends RuntimeException {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20130919L;
+
+    public MalformedParametersException() {}
+
+    public MalformedParametersException(String reason) {
+        super(reason);
+    }
+}