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.

 

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

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.