Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

javax.lang.model.element
Class UnknownAnnotationValueException

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Throwable
      extended by java.lang.Exception
          extended by java.lang.RuntimeException
              extended by javax.lang.model.element.UnknownAnnotationValueException
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public class UnknownAnnotationValueException
extends RuntimeException

Indicates that an unknown kind of annotation value was encountered. This can occur if the language evolves and new kinds of annotation values can be stored in an annotation. May be thrown by an annotation value visitor to indicate that the visitor was created for a prior version of the language.

Since:
1.6
See Also:
AnnotationValueVisitor.visitUnknown(javax.lang.model.element.AnnotationValue, P), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
UnknownAnnotationValueException(AnnotationValue av, Object p)
          Creates a new UnknownAnnotationValueException.
 
Method Summary
 Object getArgument()
          Returns the additional argument.
 AnnotationValue getUnknownAnnotationValue()
          Returns the unknown annotation value.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

UnknownAnnotationValueException

public UnknownAnnotationValueException(AnnotationValue av,
                                       Object p)
Creates a new UnknownAnnotationValueException. The p parameter may be used to pass in an additional argument with information about the context in which the unknown annotation value was encountered; for example, the visit methods of AnnotationValueVisitor may pass in their additional parameter.

Parameters:
av - the unknown annotation value, may be null
p - an additional parameter, may be null
Method Detail

getUnknownAnnotationValue

public AnnotationValue getUnknownAnnotationValue()
Returns the unknown annotation value. The value may be unavailable if this exception has been serialized and then read back in.

Returns:
the unknown element, or null if unavailable

getArgument

public Object getArgument()
Returns the additional argument.

Returns:
the additional argument

Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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