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javax.lang.model

## Class UnknownEntityException

- java.lang.Object
- - java.lang.Throwable
  - - java.lang.Exception
    - - java.lang.RuntimeException
      - - javax.lang.model.UnknownEntityException

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    UnknownAnnotationValueException, UnknownElementException, UnknownTypeException

      public class UnknownEntityException
      extends RuntimeException

  Superclass of exceptions which indicate that an unknown kind of entity was encountered. This situation can occur if the language evolves and new kinds of constructs are introduced. Subclasses of this exception may be thrown by visitors to indicate that the visitor was created for a prior version of the language.

  A common superclass for those exceptions allows a single catch block to have code handling them uniformly.

  Since:
    1.7
  See Also:
    `UnknownElementException`, `UnknownAnnotationValueException`, `UnknownTypeException`, Serialized Form

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier | Constructor and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected` | `UnknownEntityException(String message)` Creates a new `UnknownEntityException` with the specified detail message.

  - ### Method Summary

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

      `addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, 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

    - #### UnknownEntityException

          protected UnknownEntityException(String message)

      Creates a new `UnknownEntityException` with the specified detail message.
      Parameters:
        `message` - the detail message

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