org.apache.commons.attributes
Class InvalidAttributeTargetError

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Error
          org.apache.commons.attributes.InvalidAttributeTargetError

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class InvalidAttributeTargetError

extends Error

Thrown when an attribute has a Target declaration that forbids it being applied to the program element it has been applied to.

For example:

 /**
  * This attribute can only be applied to Classes.
  * Target(Target.CLASS)
  */
 public class MyAttribute {}

 public class MyClass {
     /** 
       * Error: Can't apply MyAttribute to a field!
       * @@MyAttribute() 
       */
     private String myField;
 }
 

Since:

2.1

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

InvalidAttributeTargetError(String attributeClass, String element, int targetFlags)
Creates a new InvalidAttributeTargetError.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

InvalidAttributeTargetError

public InvalidAttributeTargetError(String attributeClass,
                                   String element,
                                   int targetFlags)

Creates a new InvalidAttributeTargetError.

Parameters:

attributeClass - name of the type of the attribute that was applied to the wrong target.

element - the element that the user tried to apply the attribute to.

targetFlags - the targets (bitwise OR of the Target.XXX flags that the attributeClass can be applied to.

Since:

2.1