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Class InstantiationError

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Error

java.lang.LinkageError

java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError

java.lang.InstantiationError

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable

public class InstantiationError extends IncompatibleClassChangeError

Thrown when an application tries to use the Java new construct to instantiate an abstract class or an interface.

Normally, this error is caught by the compiler; this error can only occur at run time if the definition of a class has incompatibly changed.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`InstantiationError()`	Constructs an `InstantiationError` with no detail message.
`InstantiationError(String s)`	Constructs an `InstantiationError` with the specified detail message.

Method Summary

Methods declared in class java.lang.Throwable

addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

InstantiationError

public InstantiationError()

Constructs an InstantiationError with no detail message.

InstantiationError

public InstantiationError(String s)

Constructs an InstantiationError with the specified detail message.

Parameters:: s - the detail message.

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