1 /* CloneNotSupportedException.java -- thrown when an object cannot be cloned 2 Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3 4 This file is part of GNU Classpath. 5 6 GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 9 any later version. 10 11 GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 12 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14 General Public License for more details. 15 16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 17 along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 18 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 19 02111-1307 USA. 20 21 Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 22 making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 23 conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 24 combination. 25 26 As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 27 permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 28 executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 29 modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 30 terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 31 independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 32 module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 33 or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 34 this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 35 obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 36 exception statement from your version. */ 37 38 39 package java.lang; 40 41 /** 42 * Thrown to indicate an object should not or could not be cloned. This 43 * includes the case when {@link Object#clone()} is called on an object 44 * which does not implement the {@link Cloneable} interface. For example:<br> 45 * <pre> 46 * void m() throws CloneNotSupportedException 47 * { 48 * clone(); 49 * } 50 * </pre> 51 * 52 * <p>Notice that calling <code>clone()</code> on an array will never produce 53 * this exception, as the VM will always succeed in copying the array, or 54 * cause an OutOfMemoryError first. For example:<br> 55 * <pre> 56 * void m(int[] array) 57 * { 58 * int[] copy = (int[]) array.clone(); 59 * } 60 * </pre> 61 * 62 * @author Brian Jones 63 * @author Warren Levy <warrenl@cygnus.com> 64 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu> 65 * @see Cloneable 66 * @see Object#clone() 67 * @status updated to 1.4 68 */ 69 public class CloneNotSupportedException extends Exception 70 { 71 /** 72 * Compatible with JDK 1.0+. 73 */ 74 private static final long serialVersionUID = 5195511250079656443L; 75 76 /** 77 * Create an exception without a message. 78 */ CloneNotSupportedException()79 public CloneNotSupportedException() 80 { 81 } 82 83 /** 84 * Create an exception with a message. 85 * 86 * @param s the error message 87 */ CloneNotSupportedException(String s)88 public CloneNotSupportedException(String s) 89 { 90 super(s); 91 } 92 } 93