Class InstantiationError in Java
InstantiationError is thrown from an application when an application tries to use the java new operator 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 the class has incompatibly changed.
The structure of the class InstantiationError is given below:
public class java.lang.InstantiationError extends java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError{
//constructor
public InstantiationError();//constructs an empty InstantiationError object that is an object with no message specified.
public InstantiationError(String message);//constructs an InstantiationError object with the message specified.
}
The class InstantiationError also inherits methods from class Object and Throwable.
| From Object class | From Throwable class |
|---|---|
| clone() | fillInStackTrace() |
| getClass() | getMessage() |
| notify() | printStackTrace() |
| wait() | printStackTrace(PrintWriter) |
| wait(long, int) | getLocalizedMessage() |
| wait(long) | printStackTrace(PrintStream) |
| equals(Object) | |
| toString() | |
| finalize() | |
| hashCode() | |
| notifyAll() |
