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| Chapter 25 The java.lang Package |

## 25.30 java.lang.InstantiationError (JDK 1.0)

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Signals an attempt to instantiate an interface or abstract class.

    public class InstantiationError extends IncompatibleClassChangeError {
        // Public Constructors
                public InstantiationError();
                public InstantiationError(String s);
    }

### Hierarchy:

Object->Throwable(Serializable)->Error->LinkageError->IncompatibleClassChangeError->InstantiationError

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException (JDK 1.0) |  | java.lang.InstantiationException (JDK 1.0)