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InstantiationError.java

/*
 * @(#)InstantiationError.java	1.12 03/12/19
 *
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.lang;

/**
 * Thrown when an application tries to use the Java <code>new</code> 
 * construct to instantiate an abstract class or an interface. 
 * <p>
 * Normally, this error is caught by the compiler; this error can 
 * only occur at run time if the definition of a class has 
 * incompatibly changed. 
 *
 * @author  unascribed
 * @version 1.12, 12/19/03
 * @since   JDK1.0
 */


public
class InstantiationError extends IncompatibleClassChangeError {
    /**
     * Constructs an <code>InstantiationError</code> with no detail  message.
     */
    public InstantiationError() {
	super();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an <code>InstantiationError</code> with the specified 
     * detail message. 
     *
     * @param   s   the detail message.
     */
    public InstantiationError(String s) {
	super(s);
    }
}