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package scala

/** This class implements errors which are thrown whenever an
 *  object doesn't match any pattern of a pattern matching
 *  expression.
 *
 *  @author  Matthias Zenger
 *  @author  Martin Odersky
 *  @version 1.1, 05/03/2004
 *  @since   2.0
 */
final class MatchError(obj: Any) extends RuntimeException {
  /** There's no reason we need to call toString eagerly,
   *  so defer it until getMessage is called.
   */
  private lazy val objString = {
    def ofClass = "of class " + obj.getClass.getName
    if (obj == null) "null"
    else try {
      obj.toString() + " (" + ofClass + ")"
    } catch {
      case _: Throwable => "an instance " + ofClass
    }
  }

  override def getMessage() = objString
}