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§1.36 Class InstantiationException

public  class  java.lang.InstantiationException
    extends  java.lang.Exception  (I-§1.30)
{
        // Constructors
    public InstantiationException();	§1.36.1
    public InstantiationException(String  s);	§1.36.2
}
Thrown when an application tries to create an instance of a class using the new-Instance method (I-§1.3.7) in class Class, but the specified class object cannot be instantiated because it is an interface or is an abstract class.


Constructors

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

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