InstantiationException

java.lang.InstantiationException

InstantiationException is described in the javadoc comments as:

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.
author: unascribed version: 1.17, 12/19/03 see: java.lang.Class#newInstance() since: JDK1.0

Where is this exception thrown?

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• The message 'java.lang.InstantiationException: ...' is thrown within the method:
  java.lang.Class.newInstance0()

How is this exception thrown?

The following sub-sections identify where this exception is thrown, and how (or why) the code is throwing the exception.

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java.lang.Class.newInstance0()

private T newInstance0() throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException {
    if (cachedConstructor == null) {
        if (this == Class.class) {
            throw new IllegalAccessException('Can not call newInstance() on the Class for java.lang.Class');
        }
        try {
            Class[] empty = {};
            final Constructor<T> c = getConstructor0(empty, Member.DECLARED);
            java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(new java.security.PrivilegedAction() {

                public Object run() {
                    c.setAccessible(true);
                    return null;
                }
            });
            cachedConstructor = c;
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            throw new InstantiationException(getName());
        }
    }
    Constructor<T> tmpConstructor = cachedConstructor;
    int modifiers = tmpConstructor.getModifiers();
    if (!Reflection.quickCheckMemberAccess(this, modifiers)) {
        Class caller = Reflection.getCallerClass(3);
        if (newInstanceCallerCache != caller) {
            Reflection.ensureMemberAccess(caller, this, null, modifiers);
            newInstanceCallerCache = caller;
        }
    }
    try {
        return tmpConstructor.newInstance((Object[]) null);
    } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
        Unsafe.getUnsafe().throwException(e.getTargetException());
        return null;
    }
}

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