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UnknownTypeException.javaAPI DocJava SE 6 API1938Tue Jun 10 00:26:10 BST 2008javax.lang.model.type

UnknownTypeException

public class UnknownTypeException extends RuntimeException
Indicates that an unknown kind of type was encountered. This can occur if the language evolves and new kinds of types are added to the {@code TypeMirror} hierarchy. May be thrown by a {@linkplain TypeVisitor type visitor} to indicate that the visitor was created for a prior version of the language.
author
Joseph D. Darcy
author
Scott Seligman
author
Peter von der Ahé
version
1.3 06/07/31
see
TypeVisitor#visitUnknown
since
1.6

Fields Summary
private static final long
serialVersionUID
private transient TypeMirror
type
private transient Object
parameter
Constructors Summary
public UnknownTypeException(TypeMirror t, Object p)
Creates a new {@code UnknownTypeException}.The {@code p} parameter may be used to pass in an additional argument with information about the context in which the unknown type was encountered; for example, the visit methods of {@link TypeVisitor} may pass in their additional parameter.

param
t the unknown type, may be {@code null}
param
p an additional parameter, may be {@code null}


                                                                      
         
	super("Unknown type: " + t);
	type = t;
	this.parameter = p;
    
Methods Summary
public java.lang.ObjectgetArgument()
Returns the additional argument.

return
the additional argument

	return parameter;
    
public javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirrorgetUnknownType()
Returns the unknown type. The value may be unavailable if this exception has been serialized and then read back in.

return
the unknown type, or {@code null} if unavailable

	return type;