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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);
    }
}
