An exception of this type indicates version skew in an annotation type. It occurs when the Java VM attempts to read an annotation from a class file and discovers that the annotation type has added a new member since the class file was compiled. This means that the annotation compiled into the class file is incomplete since it does not define a value for all members of the annotation type. Note that this exception does not occur if a new member with a default clause is added to the annotation type.

Figure 10-78. java.lang.annotation.IncompleteAnnotationException

public class IncompleteAnnotationException extends RuntimeException {
// Public Constructors
     public IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotationType, 
     String elementName);  
// Public Instance Methods
     public Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotationType( );  
     public String elementName( );  
}