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  25 
  26 package javax.lang.model;
  27 
  28 /**
  29  * Superclass of exceptions which indicate that an unknown kind of
  30  * entity was encountered.  This situation can occur if the language
  31  * evolves and new kinds of constructs are introduced.  Subclasses of
  32  * this exception may be thrown by visitors to indicate that the
  33  * visitor was created for a prior version of the language.
  34  *
  35  * <p>A common superclass for those exceptions allows a single catch
  36  * block to have code handling them uniformly.
  37  *
  38  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  39  * @see javax.lang.model.element.UnknownElementException
  40  * @see javax.lang.model.element.UnknownAnnotationValueException
  41  * @see javax.lang.model.type.UnknownTypeException
  42  * @since 1.7
  43  */
  44 public class UnknownEntityException extends RuntimeException {
  45 
  46     private static final long serialVersionUID = 269L;
  47 
  48     /**
  49      * Creates a new {@code UnknownEntityException} with the specified
  50      * detail message.
  51      *
  52      * @param message the detail message
  53      */
  54     protected UnknownEntityException(String message) {
  55         super(message);
  56     }
  57 }