AnnotationFormatError (Java SE 10 & JDK 10 )

AnnotationFormatError (Java SE 10 & JDK 10 )

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Throwable
- - java.lang.Error
  - - java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable
```
public class AnnotationFormatError
extends Error
```
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 API used to read annotations reflectively.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

AnnotatedElement, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`AnnotationFormatError(String message)`	Constructs a new `AnnotationFormatError` with the specified detail message.
`AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause)`	Constructs a new `AnnotationFormatError` with the specified detail message and cause.
`AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause)`	Constructs a new `AnnotationFormatError` with the specified cause and a detail message of `(cause == null ? null : cause.toString())` (which typically contains the class and detail message of `cause`).

Method Summary
- Methods declared in class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
- Methods declared in class java.lang.Throwable
  addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

- Constructor Detail
  - AnnotationFormatError
```
public AnnotationFormatError(String message)
```
    Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified detail message.
    
    Parameters:
    
    message - the detail message.
  - AnnotationFormatError
```
public AnnotationFormatError(String message,
                             Throwable cause)
```
    Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified detail message and cause. Note that the detail message associated with cause is not automatically incorporated in this error's detail message.
    
    Parameters:
    
    message - the detail message
    
    cause - the cause (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
  - AnnotationFormatError
```
public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause)
```
    Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause == null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).
    
    Parameters:
    
    cause - the cause (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)