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InstantiationException.java API Doc Java SE 5 API 1026 Fri Aug 26 14:57:02 BST 2005 java.lang

InstantiationException

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Throwable
  - java.lang.Exception

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.

author: unascribed
version: 1.17, 12/19/03
see: java.lang.Class#newInstance()
since: JDK1.0

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
public InstantiationException()
Constructs an InstantiationException with no detail message.
super();
public InstantiationException(String s)
Constructs an InstantiationException with the specified detail message.
param
s the detail message.
super(s);
Methods Summary