Chapter 12
The java.lang Package

InstantiationError

Name

InstantiationError

Synopsis

Class Name:

java.lang.InstantiationError

Superclass:

java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError

Immediate Subclasses:

None

Interfaces Implemented:

None

Availability:

JDK 1.0 or later

An InstantiationError is thrown in response to an attempt to instantiate an abstract class or interface. Usually this error is caught by the compiler; this error can occur at run-time if the definition of a class is changed after the class that references it was last compiled.

Class Summary

public class java.lang.InstantiationError
             extends java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError {
  // Constructors
  public InstantiationError();
  public InstantiationError(String s);
}

Constructors

InstantiationError

public InstantiationError()

Description: This constructor creates an InstantiationError with no associated detail message.

public InstantiationError(String s)

Parameters

s: The detail message.

Description

This constructor creates an InstantiationError with the specified detail message.

Inherited Methods

Method	Inherited From	Method	Inherited From
`clone()`	`Object`	`equals(Object)`	`Object`
`fillInStackTrace()`	`Throwable`	`finalize()`	`Object`
`getClass()`	`Object`	`getLocalizedMessage()`	`Throwable`
`getMessage()`	`Throwable`	`hashCode()`	`Object`
`notify()`	`Object`	`notifyAll()`	`Object`
`printStackTrace()`	`Throwable`	`printStackTrace(PrintStream)`	`Throwable`
`printStackTrace(PrintWriter)`	`Throwable`	`toString()`	`Object`
`wait()`	`Object`	`wait(long)`	`Object`
`wait(long, int)`	`Object`