java.lang
Class InstantiationError

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Throwable
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        +--java.lang.Error
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              +--java.lang.LinkageError
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                    +--java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError
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                          +--java.lang.InstantiationError

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:

JDK1.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

InstantiationError()
Constructs an InstantiationError with no detail message.

InstantiationError(String s)
Constructs an InstantiationError with the specified detail message.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

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.