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## 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:
  JDK1.0
See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`InstantiationError()` Constructs an `InstantiationError` with no detail message.
`InstantiationError(String s)` Constructs an `InstantiationError` with the specified detail message.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
`fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### 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.

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