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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;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of
+ * an annotation type that was added to the annotation type definition after
+ * the annotation was compiled (or serialized).  This exception will not be
+ * thrown if the new element has a default value.
+ *
+ * @author  Josh Bloch
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public class IncompleteAnnotationException extends RuntimeException {
+    private Class annotationType;
+    private String elementName;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an IncompleteAnnotationException to indicate that
+     * the named element was missing from the specified annotation type.
+     *
+     * @param annotationType the Class object for the annotation type
+     * @param elementName the name of the missing element
+     */
+    public IncompleteAnnotationException(
+            Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,
+            String elementName) {
+        super(annotationType.getName() + " missing element " + elementName);
+
+        this.annotationType = annotationType;
+        this.elementName = elementName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the Class object for the annotation type with the
+     * missing element.
+     *
+     * @return the Class object for the annotation type with the
+     *     missing element
+     */
+    public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType() {
+        return annotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the missing element.
+     *
+     * @return the name of the missing element
+     */
+    public String elementName() {
+        return elementName;
+    }
+}