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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2008, 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
+ * by Oracle 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 Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+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 {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
+     * detail message.
+     *
+     * @param   message   the detail message.
+     */
+    public AnnotationFormatError(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
+     * detail message and cause.  Note that the detail message associated
+     * with {@code cause} is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
+     * this error's detail message.
+     *
+     * @param  message the detail message
+     * @param  cause the cause (A {@code null} value is permitted, and
+     *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
+     */
+    public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
+     * cause and a detail message of
+     * {@code (cause == null ? null : cause.toString())} (which
+     * typically contains the class and detail message of {@code cause}).
+     *
+     * @param  cause the cause (A {@code null} value is permitted, and
+     *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
+     */
+    public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause) {
+        super(cause);
+    }
+}