The instance of the java.lang.annotation.AnnotationTypeMismatchException class 
could not be serialized because the AnnotationTypeMismatchException class has 
non-transient and non-static field 'element' of non-serializable 
class java.lang.reflect.Method. 
 
The minimized test to reproduce the bug:
--- Test.java ---
import java.lang.annotation.AnnotationTypeMismatchException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.io.*;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String argv[]) throws Exception {
        Method[] meths = MyClass.class.getDeclaredMethods();
        System.out.println("meths[0]: " + meths[0].toString());

        AnnotationTypeMismatchException obj =
                new AnnotationTypeMismatchException(meths[0], "foundType");
        
        ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(
	        new FileOutputStream("test.ser"));
        System.out.println("Serializing AnnotationTypeMismatchException ...");
        oos.writeObject(obj);
	oos.close();
        System.out.println("PASSED.");
    }
    
}

class MyClass {

    public MyClass() {
        super();
    }
    
    public String dummyMethod() {
        return "";
    }

}
---  end-of-Test.java ---


Test output:
-----------
<gyi@mars> java Test
meths[0]: public java.lang.String MyClass.dummyMethod()
Serializing AnnotationTypeMismatchException ...
Exception in thread "main" java.io.NotSerializableException: java.lang.reflect.Method
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1075)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteFields(ObjectOutputStream.java:1369)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1341)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1284)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1073)
        at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:291)
        at Test.main(Test.java:16)

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