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  25 
  26 package java.lang.annotation;
  27 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
  28 
  29 /**
  30  * Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of
  31  * an annotation whose type has changed after the annotation was compiled
  32  * (or serialized).
  33  * This exception can be thrown by the {@linkplain
  34  * java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement API used to read annotations
  35  * reflectively}.
  36  *
  37  * @author  Josh Bloch
  38  * @see     java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
  39  * @since 1.5
  40  */
  41 public class AnnotationTypeMismatchException extends RuntimeException {
  42     private static final long serialVersionUID = 8125925355765570191L;
  43 
  44     /**
  45      * The {@code Method} object for the annotation element.
  46      */
  47     private final transient Method element;
  48 
  49     /**
  50      * The (erroneous) type of data found in the annotation.  This string
  51      * may, but is not required to, contain the value as well.  The exact
  52      * format of the string is unspecified.
  53      */
  54     private final String foundType;
  55 
  56     /**
  57      * Constructs an AnnotationTypeMismatchException for the specified
  58      * annotation type element and found data type.
  59      *
  60      * @param element the {@code Method} object for the annotation
  61      * element, may be {@code null}
  62      * @param foundType the (erroneous) type of data found in the annotation.
  63      *        This string may, but is not required to, contain the value
  64      *        as well.  The exact format of the string is unspecified,
  65      *        may be {@code null}.
  66      */
  67     public AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method element, String foundType) {
  68         super("Incorrectly typed data found for annotation element " + element
  69               + " (Found data of type " + foundType + ")");
  70         this.element = element;
  71         this.foundType = foundType;
  72     }
  73 
  74     /**
  75      * Returns the {@code Method} object for the incorrectly typed element.
  76      * The value may be unavailable if this exception has been
  77      * serialized and then read back in.
  78      *
  79      * @return the {@code Method} object for the incorrectly typed
  80      * element, or {@code null} if unavailable
  81      */
  82     public Method element() {
  83         return this.element;
  84     }
  85 
  86     /**
  87      * Returns the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element.
  88      * The returned string may, but is not required to, contain the value
  89      * as well.  The exact format of the string is unspecified and the string
  90      * may be {@code null}.
  91      *
  92      * @return the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element
  93      */
  94     public String foundType() {
  95         return this.foundType;
  96     }
  97 }