Signals an attempt to allocate an array with fewer than zero elements.

Figure 10-40. java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException

public class NegativeArraySizeException extends RuntimeException {
// Public Constructors
     public NegativeArraySizeException( );  
     public NegativeArraySizeException(String s);  
}

Thrown By

java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance( )