001    /* IncompleteAnnotationException.java - Thrown when annotation has changed
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037    
038    package java.lang.annotation;
039    
040    /**
041     * Thrown when accessing an element within an annotation which
042     * was added since compilation or serialization took place, and
043     * does not have a default value.  
044     * 
045     * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
046     * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
047     * @since 1.5
048     */
049    public class IncompleteAnnotationException extends RuntimeException
050    {
051    
052      /**
053       * Constructs a new <code>IncompleteAnnotationException</code>
054       * which indicates that the element, <code>name</code>, was missing
055       * from the annotation, <code>type</code> at compile time and does
056       * not have a default value.
057       *
058       * @param type the type of annotation from which an element is missing.
059       * @param name the name of the missing element.
060       */
061      public IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends Annotation> type,
062                                           String name)
063      {
064        this.annotationType = type;
065        this.elementName = name;
066      }
067    
068      /**
069       * Returns the class representing the type of annotation
070       * from which an element was missing.
071       *
072       * @return the type of annotation.
073       */
074      public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType()
075      {
076        return annotationType;
077      }
078    
079      /**
080       * Returns the name of the missing annotation element.
081       *
082       * @return the element name.
083       */
084      public String elementName()
085      {
086        return elementName;
087      }
088    
089      // Names are chosen from serialization spec.
090    
091      /**
092       * The class representing the type of annotation from
093       * which an element was found to be missing.
094       *
095       * @serial the type of the annotation from which an
096       *         element was missing.
097       */
098      private Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType;
099    
100      /**
101       * The name of the missing element.
102       *
103       * @serial the name of the missing element. 
104       */
105      private String elementName;
106    
107    }