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package java.lang.annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation whose type has changed after the annotation was compiled (or serialized). This exception can be thrown by the API used to read annotations
reflectively. 
Author:
 Josh Bloch
See Also:
AnnotatedElement
Since:
1.5/**
 * Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of
 * an annotation whose type has changed after the annotation was compiled
 * (or serialized).
 * This exception 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 AnnotationTypeMismatchException extends RuntimeException {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8125925355765570191L;

    
The Method object for the annotation element. /**
     * The {@code Method} object for the annotation element.
     */
    private final transient Method element;

    
The (erroneous) type of data found in the annotation.  This string
may, but is not required to, contain the value as well.  The exact
format of the string is unspecified.
/**
     * The (erroneous) type of data found in the annotation.  This string
     * may, but is not required to, contain the value as well.  The exact
     * format of the string is unspecified.
     */
    private final String foundType;

    
Constructs an AnnotationTypeMismatchException for the specified
annotation type element and found data type.
Params:
element – the Method object for the annotation element, may be null
foundType – the (erroneous) type of data found in the annotation. This string may, but is not required to, contain the value as well. The exact format of the string is unspecified, may be null./**
     * Constructs an AnnotationTypeMismatchException for the specified
     * annotation type element and found data type.
     *
     * @param element the {@code Method} object for the annotation
     * element, may be {@code null}
     * @param foundType the (erroneous) type of data found in the annotation.
     *        This string may, but is not required to, contain the value
     *        as well.  The exact format of the string is unspecified,
     *        may be {@code null}.
     */
    public AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method element, String foundType) {
        super("Incorrectly typed data found for annotation element " + element
              + " (Found data of type " + foundType + ")");
        this.element = element;
        this.foundType = foundType;
    }

    
Returns the Method object for the incorrectly typed element. The value may be unavailable if this exception has been serialized and then read back in. 
Returns:
the Method object for the incorrectly typed element, or null if unavailable/**
     * Returns the {@code Method} object for the incorrectly typed element.
     * The value may be unavailable if this exception has been
     * serialized and then read back in.
     *
     * @return the {@code Method} object for the incorrectly typed
     * element, or {@code null} if unavailable
     */
    public Method element() {
        return this.element;
    }

    
Returns the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element. The returned string may, but is not required to, contain the value as well. The exact format of the string is unspecified and the string may be null. 
Returns:
the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element/**
     * Returns the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element.
     * The returned string may, but is not required to, contain the value
     * as well.  The exact format of the string is unspecified and the string
     * may be {@code null}.
     *
     * @return the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element
     */
    public String foundType() {
        return this.foundType;
    }
}