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d1a2899a06be1eab885056aeda85adcd67c010b0Jason Browne * Thrown when an application attempts to use <code>null</code> in a
433f48af5998e03a03440dce699c9dcfd7b86375Jason Browne * case where an object is required. These include:
d64a1b8fb5da22f61ec70398ba83a80b8efa46a2Jason Browne * <li>Calling the instance method of a <code>null</code> object.
67c044a145fa1987d77d3f609876a839b0240ed0Jason Browne * <li>Accessing or modifying the field of a <code>null</code> object.
e3cca5e1f9f9a55839d4bd7d34f51145f835a7b8Jason Browne * <li>Taking the length of <code>null</code> as if it were an array.
67c044a145fa1987d77d3f609876a839b0240ed0Jason Browne * <li>Accessing or modifying the slots of <code>null</code> as if it
08b5793948544288f007d40b3391a6f69e2aeb07huck.elliott * were an array.
08b5793948544288f007d40b3391a6f69e2aeb07huck.elliott * <li>Throwing <code>null</code> as if it were a <code>Throwable</code>
c54f5c9f018cfaf6792ae351d3f0be15efdd175eJake Feasel * Applications should throw instances of this class to indicate
c6acaf789531718f174a4fc5b87aaed163b861dbJason Browne * other illegal uses of the <code>null</code> object.
c6acaf789531718f174a4fc5b87aaed163b861dbJason Browne * @author unascribed
e217869edbae075c18fd85c2d468a7ce9050b3b3Jake Feasel * @since JDK1.0
7ed4684789d023e1d4ede1b0d4468b9724587466Elizabeth Browneclass NullPointerException extends RuntimeException {
e3cca5e1f9f9a55839d4bd7d34f51145f835a7b8Jason Browne * Constructs a <code>NullPointerException</code> with no detail message.
c54f5c9f018cfaf6792ae351d3f0be15efdd175eJake Feasel * Constructs a <code>NullPointerException</code> with the specified
01a229e011c0d84be34e967cf517d35a476c541aJake Feasel * detail message.