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25
26package 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 */
45public
46class 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}
66