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package java.lang.annotation;

/**
 * Indicates that an annotation in the binary representation of a class is
 * syntactically incorrect and the annotation parser is unable to process it.
 * This exception is unlikely to ever occur, given that the code has been
 * compiled by an ordinary Java compiler.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 */
public class AnnotationFormatError extends Error {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4256701562333669892L;

    /**
     * Constructs an instance with the message provided.
     *
     * @param message
     *            the details of the error.
     */
    public AnnotationFormatError(String message) {
        super(message);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an instance with a message and a cause.
     *
     * @param message
     *            the details of the error.
     * @param cause
     *            the cause of the error or {@code null} if none.
     */
    public AnnotationFormatError(String message, Throwable cause) {
        super(message, cause);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an instance with a cause. If the cause is not
     * {@code null}, then {@code cause.toString()} is used as the
     * error's message.
     *
     * @param cause
     *            the cause of the error or {@code null} if none.
     */
    public AnnotationFormatError(Throwable cause) {
        super(cause == null ? null : cause.toString(), cause);
    }

}