15  * accompanied this code).
  16  *
  17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
  18  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  19  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  20  *
  21  * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
  22  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  23  * questions.
  24  */
  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     }

  15  * accompanied this code).
  16  *
  17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
  18  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  19  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  20  *
  21  * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
  22  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  23  * questions.
  24  */
  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  * @apiNote A common superclass for exceptions specific to different
  36  * kinds of unknown entities allows a single catch block to easily
  37  * provide uniform handling of those related conditions.
  38  *
  39  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  40  * @see javax.lang.model.element.UnknownElementException
  41  * @see javax.lang.model.element.UnknownAnnotationValueException
  42  * @see javax.lang.model.type.UnknownTypeException
  43  * @since 1.7
  44  */
  45 public class UnknownEntityException extends RuntimeException {
  46 
  47     private static final long serialVersionUID = 269L;
  48 
  49     /**
  50      * Creates a new {@code UnknownEntityException} with the specified
  51      * detail message.
  52      *
  53      * @param message the detail message
  54      */
  55     protected UnknownEntityException(String message) {
  56         super(message);
  57     }