langtools/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/UnknownEntityException.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009 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
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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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+ *
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+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model;
+
+/**
+ * Superclass of exceptions which indicate that an unknown kind of
+ * entity was encountered.  This situation can occur if the language
+ * evolves and new kinds of constructs are introduced.  Subclasses of
+ * this exception may be thrown by visitors to indicate that the
+ * visitor was created for a prior version of the language.
+ *
+ * <p>A common superclass for those exceptions allows a single catch
+ * block to have code handling them uniformly.
+ *
+ * @author Joseph D. Darcy
+ * @see javax.lang.model.element.UnknownElementException
+ * @see javax.lang.model.element.UnknownAnnotationValueException
+ * @see javax.lang.model.type.UnknownTypeException
+ * @since 1.7
+ */
+public class UnknownEntityException extends RuntimeException {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 269L;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new {@code UnknownEntityException} with the specified
+     * detail message.
+     *
+     * @param message the detail message
+     */
+    protected UnknownEntityException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}