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TypeNotPresentException.javaAPI DocAndroid 1.5 API2159Wed May 06 22:41:04 BST 2009java.lang

TypeNotPresentException.java

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package java.lang;

/**
 * Thrown when a program tries to access a class, interface, enum or annotation
 * type through a string that contains the type's name and the type cannot be
 * found. This exception is an unchecked alternative to
 * {@link java.lang.ClassNotFoundException}.
 * 
 * @since Android 1.0
 */
public class TypeNotPresentException extends RuntimeException {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -5101214195716534496L;

    private String typeName;

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code TypeNotPresentException} with the current stack
     * trace, a detail message that includes the name of the type that could not
     * be found and the {@code Throwable} that caused this exception.
     * 
     * @param typeName
     *            the fully qualified name of the type that could not be found.
     * @param cause
     *            the optional cause of this exception, may be {@code null}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public TypeNotPresentException(String typeName, Throwable cause) {
        super("Type " + typeName + " not present", cause);
        this.typeName = typeName;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the fully qualified name of the type that could not be found.
     * 
     * @return the name of the type that caused this exception.
     */
    public String typeName() {
        return typeName;
    }
}