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 classInstantiationErrorextendsIncompatibleClassChangeError
Thrown when an application tries to use the Javanew 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
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