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class:AnnotationFormatError [NONE]

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable
```
public class AnnotationFormatError
extends Error
```
Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed. This error can be thrown by the API used to read annotations reflectively .

Since:

1.5

See Also:

AnnotatedElement, Serialized Form

constructor:<init>(java.lang.String) [NONE]

AnnotationFormatError
```
public AnnotationFormatError(String message)
```
Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified detail message.

Parameters:

message - the detail message.

constructor:<init>(java.lang.String,java.lang.Throwable) [NONE]

AnnotationFormatError
```
public AnnotationFormatError(String message,
                             Throwable cause)
```
Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified detail message and cause. Note that the detail message associated with cause is not automatically incorporated in this error's detail message.

Parameters:

message - the detail message

cause - the cause (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

constructor:<init>(java.lang.Throwable) [NONE]

AnnotationFormatError
```
public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause)
```
Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause == null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).

Parameters:

cause - the cause (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

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