IncompleteAnnotationException (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• 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

• • Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,String elementName)	Constructs an IncompleteAnnotationException to indicate that the named element was missing from the specified annotation type.

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  Class<? extends Annotation>	annotationType()	Returns the Class object for the annotation type with the missing element.
  String	elementName()	Returns the name of the missing element.

     * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Throwable](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang")  
     `[addSuppressed](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#addSuppressed-java.lang.Throwable-), [fillInStackTrace](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#fillInStackTrace--), [getCause](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getCause--), [getLocalizedMessage](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getLocalizedMessage--), [getMessage](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getMessage--), [getStackTrace](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getStackTrace--), [getSuppressed](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getSuppressed--), [initCause](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#initCause-java.lang.Throwable-), [printStackTrace](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#printStackTrace--), [printStackTrace](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#printStackTrace-java.io.PrintStream-), [printStackTrace](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#printStackTrace-java.io.PrintWriter-), [setStackTrace](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#setStackTrace-java.lang.StackTraceElement:A-), [toString](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#toString--)`  
     * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Object](../../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")  
     `[clone](../../../java/lang/Object.html#clone--), [equals](../../../java/lang/Object.html#equals-java.lang.Object-), [finalize](../../../java/lang/Object.html#finalize--), [getClass](../../../java/lang/Object.html#getClass--), [hashCode](../../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode--), [notify](../../../java/lang/Object.html#notify--), [notifyAll](../../../java/lang/Object.html#notifyAll--), [wait](../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait--), [wait](../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-), [wait](../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-)`

• • Constructor Detail

     * #### IncompleteAnnotationException  
     public IncompleteAnnotationException([Class](../../../java/lang/Class.html "class in java.lang")<? extends [Annotation](../../../java/lang/annotation/Annotation.html "interface in java.lang.annotation")> annotationType,  
                                          [String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") 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](../../../java/lang/NullPointerException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if either parameter is `null`  

  • Method Detail

    * #### annotationType  
    public [Class](../../../java/lang/Class.html "class in java.lang")<? extends [Annotation](../../../java/lang/annotation/Annotation.html "interface in java.lang.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](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") elementName()  
    Returns the name of the missing element.  
    Returns:  
    the name of the missing element

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