InstantiationError

  • InstantiationError is thrown when an application tries to create an instance of an abstract class or an interface using the new keyword.

  • This error is typically caught during compilation but can occur at runtime if a class definition has been incompatibly altered.

  • InstantiationError provides two constructors: one with no detail message and one that accepts a specified detail message.

  • It inherits methods for handling exceptions and stack traces from its parent classes, IncompatibleClassChangeError, Throwable, and Object.

public class InstantiationError extends IncompatibleClassChangeError

Thrown when an application tries to use the Java new construct to instantiate an abstract class or an interface.

Normally, this error is caught by the compiler; this error can only occur at run time if the definition of a class has incompatibly changed.

Public Constructor Summary

InstantiationError()
Constructs an InstantiationError with no detail message.
InstantiationError(String s)
Constructs an InstantiationError with the specified detail message.

Inherited Method Summary

Public Constructors

public InstantiationError ()

Constructs an InstantiationError with no detail message.

public InstantiationError (String s)

Constructs an InstantiationError with the specified detail message.

Parameters
s the detail message.