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InstantiationException

Name

InstantiationException

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

   

See Also

Class, Exception, Throwable


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