Source for java.lang.InstantiationError

   1: /* InstantiationError.java -- thrown when the linker cannot create an instance
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package java.lang;
  40: 
  41: /**
  42:  * An <code>InstantiationError</code> is thrown when an attempt is made to
  43:  * create an instance of an abstract class or an interface.  Because this
  44:  * error is usually caught by a compiler, the error only occurs at runtime
  45:  * when the definition of a class has changed in a way that is incompatible
  46:  * with the previously compiled application.
  47:  *
  48:  * @author Brian Jones
  49:  * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)
  50:  * @status updated to 1.4
  51:  */
  52: public class InstantiationError extends IncompatibleClassChangeError
  53: {
  54:   /**
  55:    * Compatible with JDK 1.0+.
  56:    */
  57:   private static final long serialVersionUID = -4885810657349421204L;
  58: 
  59:   /**
  60:    * Create an error without a message.
  61:    */
  62:   public InstantiationError()
  63:   {
  64:   }
  65: 
  66:   /**
  67:    * Create an error with a message.
  68:    *
  69:    * @param s the message
  70:    */
  71:   public InstantiationError(String s)
  72:   {
  73:     super(s);
  74:   }
  75: }