How do I make the Inner Class uninstantiable?

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Published on 2010-05-02T02:04:35Z Indexed on 2010/05/02 2:07 UTC
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I want a static inner class that can't be instantiated even by the external class. Right now I just have a documentation that says "Please don't instantiate this object". Can I give a better signal?

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