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package java.lang.annotation;

/**
 * Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation
 * from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed.
 * This error can be thrown by the {@linkplain
 * java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement API used to read annotations
 * reflectively}.
 *
 * @author Josh Bloch
 * @see java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
 * @since 1.5
 */
public class AnnotationFormatError extends Error {
 private static final long serialVersionUID = -4256701562333669892L;

 /**
 * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
 * detail message.
 *
 * @param message the detail message.
 */
 public AnnotationFormatError(String message) {
 super(message);
 }

 /**
 * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
 * detail message and cause. Note that the detail message associated
 * with {@code cause} is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
 * this error's detail message.
 *
 * @param message the detail message
 * @param cause the cause (A {@code null} value is permitted, and
 * indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
 */
 public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause) {
 super(message, cause);
 }


 /**
 * Constructs a new {@code AnnotationFormatError} with the specified
 * cause and a detail message of
 * {@code (cause == null ? null : cause.toString())} (which
 * typically contains the class and detail message of {@code cause}).
 *
 * @param cause the cause (A {@code null} value is permitted, and
 * indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
 */
 public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause) {
 super(cause);
 }
}