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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     private static final long serialVersionUID = -4885810657349421204L;
44 
45     /**
46      * Constructs an <code>InstantiationError</code> with no detail  message.
47      */
InstantiationError()48     public InstantiationError() {
49         super();
50     }
51 
52     /**
53      * Constructs an <code>InstantiationError</code> with the specified
54      * detail message.
55      *
56      * @param   s   the detail message.
57      */
InstantiationError(String s)58     public InstantiationError(String s) {
59         super(s);
60     }
61 }
62