InstantiationException (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

java.lang

Class InstantiationException

java.lang.Object extended by java.lang.Throwable java.lang.Exception java.lang.InstantiationException

All Implemented Interfaces:

public class InstantiationException

Thrown when an application tries to create an instance of a class using the newInstance method in class Class, but the specified class object cannot be instantiated because it is an interface or is an abstract class.

Since:

JDK1.0

See Also:

Class.newInstance(), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
InstantiationException() Constructs an InstantiationException with no detail message.
InstantiationException(String s) Constructs an InstantiationException 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](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)

Constructor Detail

InstantiationException

public InstantiationException()

Constructs an InstantiationException with no detail message.

InstantiationException

public InstantiationException(String s)

Constructs an InstantiationException with the specified detail message.

Parameters:

s - the detail message.

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