/* * Copyright (c) 1995, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ package java.lang; /** * Thrown when an application tries to use the Java <code>new</code> * construct to instantiate an abstract class or an interface. * <p> * 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. * * @author unascribed * @since JDK1.0 */ public class InstantiationError extends IncompatibleClassChangeError { private static final long serialVersionUID = -4885810657349421204L; /** * Constructs an <code>InstantiationError</code> with no detail message. */ public InstantiationError() { super(); } /** * Constructs an <code>InstantiationError</code> with the specified * detail message. * * @param s the detail message. */ public InstantiationError(String s) { super(s); } }