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InstantiationException.java

/*
 * @(#)InstantiationException.java	1.19 05/11/30
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.lang;

/**
 * Thrown when an application tries to create an instance of a class
 * using the {@code newInstance} method in class
 * {@code Class}, but the specified class object cannot be
 * instantiated.  The instantiation can fail for a variety of
 * reasons including but not limited to:
 *
 * <ul>
 * <li> the class object represents an abstract class, an interface,
 *      an array class, a primitive type, or {@code void}
 * <li> the class has no nullary constructor
 *</ul>
 *
 * @author  unascribed
 * @version 1.19, 11/30/05
 * @see     java.lang.Class#newInstance()
 * @since   JDK1.0
 */
public
class InstantiationException extends Exception {
    /**
     * Constructs an {@code InstantiationException} with no detail message.
     */
    public InstantiationException() {
	super();
    }

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