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UnknownElementException.javaAPI DocJava SE 6 API1989Tue Jun 10 00:26:10 BST 2008javax.lang.model.element

UnknownElementException

public class UnknownElementException extends RuntimeException
Indicates that an unknown kind of element was encountered. This can occur if the language evolves and new kinds of elements are added to the {@code Element} hierarchy. May be thrown by an {@linkplain ElementVisitor element 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
ElementVisitor#visitUnknown
since
1.6

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

param
e the unknown element, may be {@code null}
param
p an additional parameter, may be {@code null}


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

return
the additional argument

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

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

	return element;