Chapter 12
The java.lang Package

InstantiationException

Name

Synopsis

Class Name:

java.lang.InstantiationException

Superclass:

java.lang.Exception

Immediate Subclasses:

None

Interfaces Implemented:

None

Availability:

JDK 1.0 or later

Description

An InstantiationException is thrown in response to an attempt to instantiate an abstract class or an interface using the newInstance() method of the Class class.

Class Summary

public class java.lang.InstantiationException extends java.lang.Exception {
  // Constructors
  public InstantiationException();
  public InstantiationException(String s);
}

Constructors

InstantiationException

public InstantiationException()

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

public InstantiationException(String s)

Parameters

s: The detail message.

Description

This constructor creates an InstantiationException 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`