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Class InstantiationError

Constructors

public  class  java.lang.InstantiationError
    extends  java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError  
{
        // Constructors
    public InstantiationError();	
    public InstantiationError(String  s);	
}

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 runtime if the definition of a class has incompatibably changed.


Constructors


InstantiationError

public InstantiationError() 

Constructs an InstantiationError with no detail message.


InstantiationError

public InstantiationError(String  s) 

Constructs an InstantiationError with the specified detail message.

ParameterDescription
s the detail message



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