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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

Description

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

   

See Also

Error, IncompatibleClassChangeError, Throwable


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