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    25 

    26 package java.lang;

    27 

    28 /**

    29  * Thrown when an application tries to create an instance of a class

    30  * using the {@code newInstance} method in class

    31  * {@code Class}, but the specified class object cannot be

    32  * instantiated.  The instantiation can fail for a variety of

    33  * reasons including but not limited to:

    34  *

    35  * <ul>

    36  * <li> the class object represents an abstract class, an interface,

    37  *      an array class, a primitive type, or {@code void}

    38  * <li> the class has no nullary constructor

    39  *</ul>

    40  *

    41  * @author  unascribed

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

    43  * @since   1.0

    44  */

    45 public

    46 class InstantiationException extends ReflectiveOperationException {

    47     private static final long serialVersionUID = -8441929162975509110L;

    48 

    49     /**

    50      * Constructs an {@code InstantiationException} with no detail message.

    51      */

    52     public InstantiationException() {

    53         super();

    54     }

    55 

    56     /**

    57      * Constructs an {@code InstantiationException} with the

    58      * specified detail message.

    59      *

    60      * @param   s   the detail message.

    61      */

    62     public InstantiationException(String s) {

    63         super(s);

    64     }

    65 }