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Added in API level 1

InstantiationException

open class InstantiationException : ReflectiveOperationException
kotlin.Any
   ↳ kotlin.Throwable
   ↳ java.lang.Exception
   ↳ java.lang.ReflectiveOperationException
   ↳ java.lang.InstantiationException

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. The instantiation can fail for a variety of reasons including but not limited to:

  • the class object represents an abstract class, an interface, an array class, a primitive type, or void
  • the class has no nullary constructor

Summary

Public constructors

Constructs an InstantiationException with no detail message.

Constructs an InstantiationException with the specified detail message.

Public constructors

<init>

Added in API level 1
InstantiationException()

Constructs an InstantiationException with no detail message.

<init>

Added in API level 1
InstantiationException(s: String!)

Constructs an InstantiationException with the specified detail message.

Parameters
s String!: the detail message.