Class AnnotationTypeMismatchException

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Exception

java.lang.RuntimeException

java.lang.annotation.AnnotationTypeMismatchException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class AnnotationTypeMismatchException
extends RuntimeException

Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation whose type has changed after the annotation was compiled (or serialized). This exception can be thrown by the API used to read annotations reflectively.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

• AnnotatedElement
• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method element, String foundType)	Constructs an AnnotationTypeMismatchException for the specified annotation type element and found data type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Method	element()	Returns the Method object for the incorrectly typed element.
String	foundType()	Returns the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element.

Methods declared in class Throwable

addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final void	addSuppressed(Throwable exception)	Appends the specified exception to the exceptions that were suppressed in order to deliver this exception.
Throwable	fillInStackTrace()	Fills in the execution stack trace.
Throwable	getCause()	Returns the cause of this throwable or null if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.
String	getLocalizedMessage()	Creates a localized description of this throwable.
String	getMessage()	Returns the detail message string of this throwable.
StackTraceElement[]	getStackTrace()	Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by Throwable.printStackTrace().
final Throwable[]	getSuppressed()	Returns an array containing all of the exceptions that were suppressed, typically by the try-with-resources statement, in order to deliver this exception.
Throwable	initCause(Throwable cause)	Initializes the cause of this throwable to the specified value.
void	printStackTrace()	Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the standard error stream.
void	printStackTrace(PrintStream s)	Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print stream.
void	printStackTrace(PrintWriter s)	Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print writer.
void	setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] stackTrace)	Sets the stack trace elements that will be returned by Throwable.getStackTrace() and printed by Throwable.printStackTrace() and related methods.
String	toString()	Returns a short description of this throwable.

Methods declared in class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected Object	clone()	Creates and returns a copy of this object.
boolean	equals(Object obj)	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
protected void	finalize()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
final Class<?>	getClass()	Returns the runtime class of this Object.
int	hashCode()	Returns a hash code value for this object.
final void	notify()	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
final void	notifyAll()	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
final void	wait()	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
final void	wait(long timeoutMillis)	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
final void	wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Constructor Details

AnnotationTypeMismatchException

public AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method element,
 String foundType)

Constructs an AnnotationTypeMismatchException for the specified annotation type element and found data type.

Parameters:

element - the Method object for the annotation element, may be null

foundType - the (erroneous) type of data found in the annotation. This string may, but is not required to, contain the value as well. The exact format of the string is unspecified, may be null.

Method Details

element

public Method element()

Returns the Method object for the incorrectly typed element. The value may be unavailable if this exception has been serialized and then read back in.

Returns:

the Method object for the incorrectly typed element, or null if unavailable

foundType

public String foundType()

Returns the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element. The returned string may, but is not required to, contain the value as well. The exact format of the string is unspecified and the string may be null.

Returns:

the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element