/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * XNotInstantiatable.java created on 16-nov-2006 at 16:12:43
 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
 * 
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package edu.vub.at.exceptions;

import edu.vub.at.eval.Evaluator;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTypeTag;
import edu.vub.at.objects.coercion.NativeTypeTags;

/**
 * Raised whenever a wrapped Java class cannot be instantiated because:
 *  - it has no publicly accessible constructors
 *  - it is abstract
 * 
 * @author tvcutsem
 */
public final class XNotInstantiatable extends InterpreterException {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = -300947695107039019L;
	
	/**
	 * Constructor signalling the class has no public constructors.
	 */
	public XNotInstantiatable(Class c) {
		super("Java class " + Evaluator.getSimpleName(c) + " has no public constructors");
	}
	
	/**
	 * Constructor signalling the class is abstract.
	 */
	public XNotInstantiatable(Class c, Exception cause) {
		super("Java class " + Evaluator.getSimpleName(c) + " is abstract", cause);
	}
	
	public ATTypeTag getType() {
		return NativeTypeTags._NOTINSTANTIATABLE_;
	}
	
}