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	package java.lang;

	/**
	* Thrown to indicate that an assertion has failed.
	*
	* <p>The seven one-argument public constructors provided by this
	* class ensure that the assertion error returned by the invocation:
	* <pre>
	* new AssertionError(<i>expression</i>)
	* </pre>
	* has as its detail message the <i>string conversion</i> of
	* <i>expression</i> (as defined in section 15.18.1.1 of
	* <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>),
	* regardless of the type of <i>expression</i>.
	*
	* @since 1.4
	*/
	public class AssertionError extends Error {
	private static final long serialVersionUID = -5013299493970297370L;

	/**
	* Constructs an AssertionError with no detail message.
	*/
	public AssertionError() {
	}

	/**
	* This internal constructor does no processing on its string argument,
	* even if it is a null reference. The public constructors will
	* never call this constructor with a null argument.
	*/
	private AssertionError(String detailMessage) {
	super(detailMessage);
	}

	/**
	* Constructs an AssertionError with its detail message derived
	* from the specified object, which is converted to a string as
	* defined in section 15.18.1.1 of
	* <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>.
	*<p>
	* If the specified object is an instance of {@code Throwable}, it
	* becomes the <i>cause</i> of the newly constructed assertion error.
	*
	* @param detailMessage value to be used in constructing detail message
	* @see Throwable#getCause()
	*/
	public AssertionError(Object detailMessage) {
	this(String.valueOf(detailMessage));
	if (detailMessage instanceof Throwable)
	initCause((Throwable) detailMessage);
	}

	/**
	* Constructs an AssertionError with its detail message derived
	* from the specified <code>boolean</code>, which is converted to
	* a string as defined in section 15.18.1.1 of
	* <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>.
	*
	* @param detailMessage value to be used in constructing detail message
	*/
	public AssertionError(boolean detailMessage) {
	this(String.valueOf(detailMessage));
	}

	/**
	* Constructs an AssertionError with its detail message derived
	* from the specified <code>char</code>, which is converted to a
	* string as defined in section 15.18.1.1 of
	* <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>.
	*
	* @param detailMessage value to be used in constructing detail message
	*/
	public AssertionError(char detailMessage) {
	this(String.valueOf(detailMessage));
	}

	/**
	* Constructs an AssertionError with its detail message derived
	* from the specified <code>int</code>, which is converted to a
	* string as defined in section 15.18.1.1 of
	* <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>.
	*
	* @param detailMessage value to be used in constructing detail message
	*/
	public AssertionError(int detailMessage) {
	this(String.valueOf(detailMessage));
	}

	/**
	* Constructs an AssertionError with its detail message derived
	* from the specified <code>long</code>, which is converted to a
	* string as defined in section 15.18.1.1 of
	* <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>.
	*
	* @param detailMessage value to be used in constructing detail message
	*/
	public AssertionError(long detailMessage) {
	this(String.valueOf(detailMessage));
	}

	/**
	* Constructs an AssertionError with its detail message derived
	* from the specified <code>float</code>, which is converted to a
	* string as defined in section 15.18.1.1 of
	* <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>.
	*
	* @param detailMessage value to be used in constructing detail message
	*/
	public AssertionError(float detailMessage) {
	this(String.valueOf(detailMessage));
	}

	/**
	* Constructs an AssertionError with its detail message derived
	* from the specified <code>double</code>, which is converted to a
	* string as defined in section 15.18.1.1 of
	* <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>.
	*
	* @param detailMessage value to be used in constructing detail message
	*/
	public AssertionError(double detailMessage) {
	this(String.valueOf(detailMessage));
	}

	/**
	* Constructs a new {@code AssertionError} with the specified
	* detail message and cause.
	*
	* <p>Note that the detail message associated with
	* {@code cause} is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
	* this error's detail message.
	*
	* @param message the detail message, may be {@code null}
	* @param cause the cause, may be {@code null}
	*
	* @since 1.7
	*/
	public AssertionError(String message, Throwable cause) {
	super(message, cause);
	}
	}

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