Added in API level 1

AnnotationTypeMismatchException

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.

See also:

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

Public constructors

AnnotationTypeMismatchException

Added in API level 1
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

Added in API level 1
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

Added in API level 1
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