InstantiationError (Java SE 15 & JDK 15)
Description: declaration: module: java.base, package: java.lang, class: InstantiationError
Keywords: java.lang.InstantiationError class

Module java.base
Package java.lang

# Class InstantiationError

java.lang.Object
java.lang.Throwable
java.lang.Error
java.lang.LinkageError
java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError
java.lang.InstantiationError

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Serializable`

    public class InstantiationError
    extends IncompatibleClassChangeError

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 run time if the definition of a class has incompatibly changed.

Since:
  1.0
See Also:
  Serialized Form

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor | Description
  --- | ---
  `InstantiationError()` | Constructs an `InstantiationError` with no detail message.
  `InstantiationError​(String s)` | Constructs an `InstantiationError` with the specified detail message.

- ## Method Summary

  ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Throwable

  `addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString`

  ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### InstantiationError

    public InstantiationError()
    Constructs an `InstantiationError` with no detail message.

  - ### InstantiationError

    public InstantiationError​(String s)
    Constructs an `InstantiationError` with the specified detail message.
    Parameters:
      `s` - the detail message.