Java Exception that is 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.
Questions tagged [instantiationexception]
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Dozer, InstantiationException on custom converter
I've wrote my own customer converter:
public class MyFancyCustomConverter extends DozerConverter
{
public MyFancyCustomConverter(Class prototypeA, Class prototypeB)
{
super(prototypeA,…

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java.lang.InstantiationException although a NoArgsConstructor is present
when I want to create an instance of my object TransLog, an InstantiationException is thrown even though I created a No-Args constructor in the class TransLog:
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: TransactionLogger$TransLog.()
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InstantiationException issue with Anonymous Class in Android
A. I want to create Popup by using AlertDialogBox Anonymous class as below:
private void showPopupChangeCurrency(final CharSequence[] items, final String title){
...
myAlert = new AlertDialogBox() { //This is anonymous class
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Getting InstantiationException while using
Can anybody tell me what is the exact meaning of type and class attributes of jsp:usebean tag.?
I am getting an exception InstantiationException while using them in my application.

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Hibernate Envers : polymorphism issues
In my domain model, I have an abstract entity Indicator inherited by two concrete Elementary and Composite.
The abstract entity hold an entity Factor in order to be accessible for the two sub-classes.
The relation is bi-directional. So the entity…

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InstantiationException occur while Downloading using Service
I was trying to do a service sample program and i am getting following exception
09-10 20:57:57.871: E/AndroidRuntime(280): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 09-10
20:57:57.871: E/AndroidRuntime(280): java.lang.RuntimeException:
Unable to instantiate…

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XMLEncoder skipping ActionListener
I've a JButton I've encoded with XMLEncoder, and all was well for me, until I tried adding an ActionListener. Now, I get this message
java.lang.InstantiationException: Temp$1
Continuing ...
java.lang.Exception: XMLEncoder: discarding statement…

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Java - using newInstance() on a Generic Class with Class extends myClass>: InstantiationException
I'm experiment with Generic Classes, and I've run into a hurdle which I cannot overcome. In short, I'm encountering an error which I do not understand why it is being thrown: InstantiationException
In the documentation it defines this exception…

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Java InstantiationException when trying to create a new instance
I am trying to load class files from a folder so that way users can interact with my program. Users are supposed to be able to just extend the abstract class I made and drop it in the folder, but whenever I try and load a class (that I made, so I…

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firebase: InstantiationException: Can't instantiate abstract class java.util.TimeZone
I try to parse a List of EventPojo-classes from a firebase DB like this:
GenericTypeIndicator> tEvents = new GenericTypeIndicator>() {};
HashMap events =…

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InstantiationException, newInstance failed: no , while there is only default constructor in Activity
We received stack trace of InstantiationException while creating instance of Activity.
Log has newInstance failed: no () message
The situation is quite clear: VM can't find default parameterless constructor. This is explained in this…

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Kotlin 1.1.3-2 Unable to instantiate fragment in OnResume Android
I have this problem here:
FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: com.mytest.app, PID: 20586
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity…

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InstantiationException.Software crashes abruptly in android
While running this android appp on my phone it crashes abruptly when i click to Launch the app and the logcat Shows follwing error.
> 07-24 14:54:03.291
> 15207-15207/com.example.parthibank.needleandroidproj E/AndroidRuntime:
> FATAL EXCEPTION:…

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Why newInstance throws InstantiationException in my code?
I have two process as shown below. Each of my process has run and shutdown method
Process processA = new ProcessA("processA", getProcessAProperties());
Process processB = new ProcessB("processB", getProcessBProperties());
I want to have different…

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PreferenceActivity Crashes on Orientation Change
I'm writing a PreferenceActivity with a PreferenceFragment, and an InstantiationException is being thrown when the device's orientation changes (i.e. landscape to portrait and vice versa). Also, if I tap 'Ok' on the dialog that pops up…

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