IncompleteAnnotationException

public class IncompleteAnnotationException extends RuntimeException

Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation type that was added to the annotation type definition after the annotation was compiled (or serialized). This exception will not be thrown if the new element has a default value. 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

IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType, String elementName)
Constructs an IncompleteAnnotationException to indicate that the named element was missing from the specified annotation type.

Public Method Summary

Class<? extends Annotation>
annotationType()
Returns the Class object for the annotation type with the missing element.
String
elementName()
Returns the name of the missing element.

Inherited Method Summary

Public Constructors

public IncompleteAnnotationException (Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType, String elementName)

Constructs an IncompleteAnnotationException to indicate that the named element was missing from the specified annotation type.

Parameters
annotationType the Class object for the annotation type
elementName the name of the missing element
Throws
NullPointerException if either parameter is null

Public Methods

public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType ()

Returns the Class object for the annotation type with the missing element.

Returns
  • the Class object for the annotation type with the missing element

public String elementName ()

Returns the name of the missing element.

Returns
  • the name of the missing element