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# Class java.lang.InstantiationException

    java.lang.Object
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       +----java.lang.Throwable
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               +----java.lang.Exception
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                       +----java.lang.InstantiationException

public class InstantiationException
extends Exception

Thrown when an application tries to create an instance of a class using the `newInstance` method in class `Class`, but the specified class object cannot be instantiated because it is an interface or is an abstract class.

See Also:
  newInstance

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

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InstantiationException

     public InstantiationException()

  Constructs an `InstantiationException` with no detail message.

InstantiationException

     public InstantiationException(String s)

  Constructs an `InstantiationException` with the specified detail message.

  Parameters:
    s - the detail message.

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