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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

 * @see     java.lang.Class#newInstance()

 * @since   JDK1.0

 */

public

class InstantiationException extends Exception {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8441929162975509110L;

    /**

     * 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);

    }

}