AnnotationTypeMismatchException

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 {@linkplain java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement API used to read annotations reflectively}.

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Public Constructor Summary

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

Public Method Summary

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

Inherited Method Summary

Public Constructors

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
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.

Public Methods

public Method element ()

Returns the Method object for the incorrectly typed element.

Returns
  • the Method object for the incorrectly typed element

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.

Returns
  • the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element