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Added in API level 1

AnnotationFormatError

open class AnnotationFormatError : Error

kotlin.Any
	kotlin.Throwable
		java.lang.Error
			java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError

Thrown when the annotation parser attempts to read an annotation from a class file and determines that the annotation is malformed. This error can be thrown by the API used to read annotations.

Summary

Public constructors
`AnnotationFormatError(message: String!)` Constructs a new `AnnotationFormatError` with the specified detail message.
`AnnotationFormatError(message: String!, cause: Throwable!)` Constructs a new `AnnotationFormatError` with the specified detail message and cause.
`AnnotationFormatError(cause: Throwable!)` Constructs a new `AnnotationFormatError` with the specified cause and a detail message of `(cause == null ? null : cause.toString())` (which typically contains the class and detail message of `cause`).

Public constructors

AnnotationFormatError

Added in API level 1

AnnotationFormatError(message: String!)

Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified detail message.

Parameters
`message`	String!: the detail message.

AnnotationFormatError

Added in API level 1

AnnotationFormatError(
    message: String!, 
    cause: Throwable!)

Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified detail message and cause. Note that the detail message associated with cause is not automatically incorporated in this error's detail message.

Parameters
`message`	String!: the detail message
`cause`	Throwable!: the cause (A `null` value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

AnnotationFormatError

Added in API level 1

AnnotationFormatError(cause: Throwable!)

Constructs a new AnnotationFormatError with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause == null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).

Parameters
`cause`	Throwable!: the cause (A `null` value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

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Last updated 2026-02-13 UTC.

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