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jaroslav@1646: 
jaroslav@1646: package sun.invoke.empty;
jaroslav@1646: 
jaroslav@1646: /**
jaroslav@1646:  * An empty class in an empty package.
jaroslav@1646:  * Used as a proxy for unprivileged code, since making access checks
jaroslav@1646:  * against it will only succeed against public methods in public types.
jaroslav@1646:  * <p>
jaroslav@1646:  * This class also stands (internally to sun.invoke) for the type of a
jaroslav@1646:  * value that cannot be produced, because the expression of this type
jaroslav@1646:  * always returns abnormally.  (Cf. Nothing in the closures proposal.)
jaroslav@1646:  * @author jrose
jaroslav@1646:  */
jaroslav@1646: public class Empty {
jaroslav@1646:     private Empty() { throw new InternalError(); }
jaroslav@1646: }