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package java.lang.annotation;

/**
 * Indicates that an element of an annotation type was accessed that was added
 * after the type was compiled or serialized. This does not apply to new
 * elements that have default values.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 */
public class IncompleteAnnotationException extends RuntimeException {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8445097402741811912L;

    private Class annotationType;

    private String elementName;

    /**
     * Constructs an instance with the incomplete annotation type and the name
     * of the element that's missing.
     *
     * @param annotationType
     *            the annotation type.
     * @param elementName
     *            the name of the incomplete element.
     */
    public IncompleteAnnotationException(Class annotationType,
            String elementName) {
        super("The element " + elementName + " is not complete for the annotation " +
                annotationType.getName());
        this.annotationType = annotationType;
        this.elementName = elementName;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the annotation type.
     *
     * @return a Class instance.
     */
    public Class annotationType() {
        return annotationType;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the incomplete element's name.
     *
     * @return the name of the element.
     */
    public String elementName() {
        return elementName;
    }
}