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  package java.lang.annotation;
  import java.lang.reflect.Method;
  
  /**
   * 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 {@linkplain
   * java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement API used to read annotations
   * reflectively}.
   *
   * @author  Josh Bloch
   * @see     java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public class AnnotationTypeMismatchException extends RuntimeException {
      private static final long serialVersionUID = 8125925355765570191L;
  
      /**
       * The <tt>Method</tt> object for the annotation element.
       */
      private final Method element;
  
      /**
       * 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.
       */
      private final String foundType;
  
      /**
       * Constructs an AnnotationTypeMismatchException for the specified
       * annotation type element and found data type.
       *
       * @param element the <tt>Method</tt> object for the annotation element
       * @param foundType 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.
       */
      public AnnotationTypeMismatchException(Method element, String foundType) {
          super("Incorrectly typed data found for annotation element " + element
                + " (Found data of type " + foundType + ")");
          this.element = element;
          this.foundType = foundType;
      }
  
      /**
       * Returns the <tt>Method</tt> object for the incorrectly typed element.
       *
       * @return the <tt>Method</tt> object for the incorrectly typed element
       */
      public Method element() {
          return this.element;
      }
  
      /**
       * 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.
       *
       * @return the type of data found in the incorrectly typed element
       */
      public String foundType() {
          return this.foundType;
      }
  }
  