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package java.lang.annotation;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import org.apache.harmony.annotation.internal.nls.Messages;

/**
 * Indicates that an annotation type has changed since it was compiled or
 * serialized.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 */
public class AnnotationTypeMismatchException extends RuntimeException {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8125925355765570191L;

    private Method element;

    private String foundType;

    /**
     * Constructs an instance for the given type element and the type found.
     *
     * @param element
     *            the annotation type element.
     * @param foundType
     *            the invalid type that was found. This is actually the textual
     *            type description found in the binary class representation,
     *            so it may not be human-readable.
     */
    public AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method element, String foundType) {
        super(Messages.getString("annotation.1", element, foundType)); //$NON-NLS-1$
        this.element = element;
        this.foundType = foundType;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the method object for the invalid type.
     *
     * @return a {@link Method} instance.
     */
    public Method element() {
        return element;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the invalid type.
     *
     * @return a string describing the invalid data.
     */
    public String foundType() {
        return foundType;
    }
}