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| Chapter 25 The java.lang Package |

## 25.31 java.lang.InstantiationException (JDK 1.0)

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Signals an attempt to instantiate an interface or an abstract class.

    public class InstantiationException extends Exception {
        // Public Constructors
                public InstantiationException();
                public InstantiationException(String s);
    }

### Hierarchy:

Object->Throwable(Serializable)->Exception->InstantiationException

### Thrown By:

Class.newInstance(), Constructor.newInstance()

java.lang.InstantiationError (JDK 1.0) |  | java.lang.Integer (JDK 1.0)