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  25 
  26 package java.lang.annotation;
  27 
  28 /**
  29  * Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation
  30  * from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.
  31  * This error can be thrown by the {@linkplain
  32  * java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement API used to read annotations
  33  * reflectively}.
  34  *
  35  * @author  Josh Bloch
  36  * @see     java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
  37  * @since   1.5
  38  */
  39 public class AnnotationFormatError extends Error {
  40     private static final long serialVersionUID = -4256701562333669892L;
  41 
  42     /**
  43      * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
  44      * detail message.
  45      *
  46      * @param   message   the detail message.
  47      */
  48     public AnnotationFormatError(String message) {
  49         super(message);
  50     }
  51 
  52     /**
  53      * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
  54      * detail message and cause.  Note that the detail message associated
  55      * with {@code cause} is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
  56      * this error's detail message.
  57      *
  58      * @param  message the detail message
  59      * @param  cause the cause (A {@code null} value is permitted, and
  60      *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
  61      */
  62     public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause) {
  63         super(message, cause);
  64     }
  65 
  66 
  67     /**
  68      * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
  69      * cause and a detail message of
  70      * {@code (cause == null ? null : cause.toString())} (which
  71      * typically contains the class and detail message of {@code cause}).
  72      *
  73      * @param  cause the cause (A {@code null} value is permitted, and
  74      *     indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
  75      */
  76     public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause) {
  77         super(cause);
  78     }
  79 }