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package jdsl.core.ref;

import jdsl.core.api.CoreException;



/**
 * This exception indicates that an internal check has failed.  A correctly
 * functioning program will never cause this to be thrown.
 *
 * @author David Ellis
 * @author based on a previous version by Mark Handy
 * @version JDSL 2.1.1 
 * @deprecated Starting with Java 2 version 1.4 assertions are part of
 * the language, and thus this class is no longer necessary.
 */
public class AssertionException extends CoreException {

  public AssertionException () {
    super("assertion failed");
  }
  
  public AssertionException (String message) {
    super(message);
  }
  public AssertionException (String message, Throwable cause) {
	  super(message, cause);
  }
   
  public AssertionException (Throwable cause) {
	  super(cause);
  }
}