java.lang
Class InstantiationException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.InstantiationException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class InstantiationException
extends Exception

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 instantiated because it is an interface or is an abstract class, an interface, an array class, a primitive type, or void
• the class has no nullary constructor

Since:

JDK1.0

See Also:

Class.newInstance() , Serialized Form

InstantiationException

public InstantiationException()

Constructs an InstantiationException with no detail message.

InstantiationException

public InstantiationException(String s)

Constructs an InstantiationException with the specified detail message.

Parameters:

s - the detail message.