IncompleteAnnotationException (Java SE 9 & JDK 9 )

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Module java.base

Package java.lang.annotation

Class IncompleteAnnotationException

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Throwable
- - java.lang.Exception
  - - java.lang.RuntimeException
    - - java.lang.annotation.IncompleteAnnotationException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable
```
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 API used to read annotations reflectively.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

AnnotatedElement, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

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

Method Summary

All Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`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.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

- Constructor Detail
  - IncompleteAnnotationException
```
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
- Method Detail
  - annotationType
```
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
  - elementName
```
public String elementName()
```
    Returns the name of the missing element.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the missing element

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