java.lang
Class InstantiationException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.InstantiationException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class InstantiationException

extends Exception

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.

 

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

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.