Exception: java.lang.InstantiationException

  • public exception 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. The instantiation can fail for a variety of reasons including but not limited to:
  • the class object represents an abstract class, an interface, an array class, a primitive type, or void
  • the class has no nullary constructor
Authors:
@author unascribed
See:
@see Class.newInstance()
Since:
@since JDK1.0

Inheritance

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Methods

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    public InstantiationException()
    Constructs an InstantiationException with no detail message.
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    public InstantiationException(String s)
    Constructs an InstantiationException with the specified detail message.
    Parameters:
    @param s the detail message.
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