/interpreter/tags/at2dist041108/src/edu/vub/at/exceptions/XNotInstantiatable.java

 1/**
 2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 3 * XNotInstantiatable.java created on 16-nov-2006 at 16:12:43
 4 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 5 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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28package edu.vub.at.exceptions;
29
30import edu.vub.at.eval.Evaluator;
31import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTypeTag;
32import edu.vub.at.objects.coercion.NativeTypeTags;
33
34/**
35 * Raised whenever a wrapped Java class cannot be instantiated because:
36 *  - it has no publicly accessible constructors
37 *  - it is abstract
38 * 
39 * @author tvcutsem
40 */
41public final class XNotInstantiatable extends InterpreterException {
42
43	private static final long serialVersionUID = -300947695107039019L;
44	
45	/**
46	 * Constructor signalling the class has no public constructors.
47	 */
48	public XNotInstantiatable(Class c) {
49		super("Java class " + Evaluator.getSimpleName(c) + " has no public constructors");
50	}
51	
52	/**
53	 * Constructor signalling the class is abstract.
54	 */
55	public XNotInstantiatable(Class c, Exception cause) {
56		super("Java class " + Evaluator.getSimpleName(c) + " is abstract", cause);
57	}
58	
59	public ATTypeTag getType() {
60		return NativeTypeTags._NOTINSTANTIATABLE_;
61	}
62	
63}