java.lang

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:

JDK1.0

Version:

1.9, 02/02/00

Author:

unascribed

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, 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.