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package org.apache.commons.math.linear;

/**
 * Thrown when an operation defined only for square matrices is applied to
 * non-square ones.
 * 
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 * @since 2.0
 */
public class NonSquareMatrixException extends InvalidMatrixException {

	/** Serializable version identifier. */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 8996207526636673730L;

	/**
	 * Construct an exception with the given message.
	 * 
	 * @param rows
	 *            number of rows of the faulty matrix
	 * @param columns
	 *            number of columns of the faulty matrix
	 */
	public NonSquareMatrixException(final int rows, final int columns) {
		super("a {0}x{1} matrix was provided instead of a square matrix", rows, columns);
	}

}
