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25
26 package java.lang;
27
28 /**
29 * Thrown when an application tries to use the Java <code>new</code>
30 * construct to instantiate an abstract class or an interface.
31 * <p>
32 * Normally, this error is caught by the compiler; this error can
33 * only occur at run time if the definition of a class has
34 * incompatibly changed.
35 *
36 * @author unascribed
37 * @since JDK1.0
38 */
39
40
41 public
42 class InstantiationError extends IncompatibleClassChangeError {
43 /**
44 * Constructs an <code>InstantiationError</code> with no detail message.
45 */
46 public InstantiationError() {
47 super();
48 }
49
50 /**
51 * Constructs an <code>InstantiationError</code> with the specified
52 * detail message.
53 *
54 * @param s the detail message.
55 */
56 public InstantiationError(String s) {
57 super(s);
58 }
59 }