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+/*
+ * Copyright 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 sun.reflect.annotation;
+
+/**
+ * An instance of this class is stored in an AnnotationInvocationHandler's
+ * "memberValues" map in lieu of a value for an annotation member that
+ * cannot be returned due to some exceptional condition (typically some
+ * form of illegal evolution of the annotation class).  The ExceptionProxy
+ * instance describes the exception that the dynamic proxy should throw if
+ * it is queried for this member.
+ *
+ * @author  Josh Bloch
+ * @since   1.5
+ */
+public abstract class ExceptionProxy implements java.io.Serializable {
+    protected abstract RuntimeException generateException();
+}