public class

InstantiationException

extends Exception
java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.lang.Throwable
     ↳ java.lang.Exception
       ↳ java.lang.InstantiationException

Class Overview

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

See Also

Summary

Public Constructors
InstantiationException()
Constructs an InstantiationException with no detail message.
InstantiationException(String s)
Constructs an InstantiationException with the specified detail message.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Throwable
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public InstantiationException ()

Constructs an InstantiationException with no detail message.

public InstantiationException (String s)

Constructs an InstantiationException with the specified detail message.

Parameters
s the detail message.