Class IncompleteAnnotationException

• java.lang.Object
• • java.lang.Throwable
  • • java.lang.Exception
    • • java.lang.RuntimeException
      • • java.lang.annotation.IncompleteAnnotationException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class IncompleteAnnotationException
extends RuntimeException

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. This exception can be thrown by the API used to read annotations reflectively.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

AnnotatedElement, Serialized Form

Constructors

IncompleteAnnotationException

public IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,
                                     String elementName)

Constructs an IncompleteAnnotationException to indicate that the named element was missing from the specified annotation type.

Parameters:

annotationType - the Class object for the annotation type

elementName - the name of the missing element

Throws:

NullPointerException - if either parameter is null

Methods

annotationType

public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType()

Returns the Class object for the annotation type with the missing element.

Returns:

the Class object for the annotation type with the missing element

elementName

public String elementName()

Returns the name of the missing element.

Returns:

the name of the missing element