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# Class java.lang.InstantiationError

    java.lang.Object
       |
       +----java.lang.Throwable
               |
               +----java.lang.Error
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                       +----java.lang.LinkageError
                               |
                               +----java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError
                                       |
                                       +----java.lang.InstantiationError

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.

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

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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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