public class AnnotationTypeMismatchException
extends RuntimeException

java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.lang.Throwable
     ↳ java.lang.Exception
       ↳ java.lang.RuntimeException
         ↳ java.lang.annotation.AnnotationTypeMismatchException


Thrown to indicate that a program has attempted to access an element of an annotation whose type has changed after the annotation was compiled (or serialized). This exception can be thrown by the API used to read annotations reflectively.

Summary

Public constructors

AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method element, String foundType)

Constructs an AnnotationTypeMismatchException for the specified annotation type element and found data type.

Public methods

Method element()

Returns the Method object for the incorrectly typed element.

String foundType()

Returns the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Throwable

final void addSuppressed(Throwable exception)

Appends the specified exception to the exceptions that were suppressed in order to deliver this exception.

Throwable fillInStackTrace()

Fills in the execution stack trace.

Throwable getCause()

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String getLocalizedMessage()

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String getMessage()

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StackTraceElement[] getStackTrace()

Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by printStackTrace().

final Throwable[] getSuppressed()

Returns an array containing all of the exceptions that were suppressed, typically by the try-with-resources statement, in order to deliver this exception.

Throwable initCause(Throwable cause)

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void printStackTrace()

Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the standard error stream.

void printStackTrace(PrintWriter s)

Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print writer.

void printStackTrace(PrintStream s)

Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print stream.

void setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] stackTrace)

Sets the stack trace elements that will be returned by getStackTrace() and printed by printStackTrace() and related methods.

String toString()

Returns a short description of this throwable.

From class java.lang.Object

Object clone()

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void finalize()

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final void notify()

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String toString()

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final void wait(long timeoutMillis)

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final void wait()

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

AnnotationTypeMismatchException

public AnnotationTypeMismatchException (Method element, 
                String foundType)

Constructs an AnnotationTypeMismatchException for the specified annotation type element and found data type.

Parameters
element Method: the Method object for the annotation element, may be null
foundType String: the (erroneous) type of data found in the annotation. This string may, but is not required to, contain the value as well. The exact format of the string is unspecified, may be null.

Public methods

element

public Method element ()

Returns the Method object for the incorrectly typed element. The value may be unavailable if this exception has been serialized and then read back in.

Returns
Method the Method object for the incorrectly typed element, or null if unavailable

foundType

public String foundType ()

Returns the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element. The returned string may, but is not required to, contain the value as well. The exact format of the string is unspecified and the string may be null.

Returns
String the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element

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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.