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InstantiationError

public class InstantiationError
extends IncompatibleClassChangeError

java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.lang.Throwable
     ↳ java.lang.Error
       ↳ java.lang.LinkageError
         ↳ java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError
           ↳ java.lang.InstantiationError


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.

Summary

Public constructors

InstantiationError()

Constructs an InstantiationError with no detail message.

InstantiationError(String s)

Constructs an InstantiationError with the specified detail message.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

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 String: the detail message.