001/* UnsupportedClassVersionError.java -- thrown when a class file version
002   exceeds the capability of the virtual machine
003   Copyright (C) 1998, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
004
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038
039
040package java.lang;
041
042/**
043 * An <code>UnsupportedClassVersionError</code> is thrown when the
044 * Java Virtual Machine determines it does not support the major and minor
045 * version numbers in the class file it is attempting to read.
046 *
047 * @author Brian Jones
048 * @since 1.2
049 * @status updated to 1.4
050 */
051public class UnsupportedClassVersionError extends ClassFormatError
052{
053  /**
054   * Compatible with JDK 1.2+.
055   */
056  private static final long serialVersionUID = -7123279212883497373L;
057
058  /**
059   * Create an error without a message.
060   */
061  public UnsupportedClassVersionError()
062  {
063  }
064
065  /**
066   * Create an error with a message.
067   *
068   * @param s the message
069   */
070  public UnsupportedClassVersionError(String s)
071  {
072    super(s);
073  }
074}