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.