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package java.lang;

Thrown if the Java Virtual Machine or a ClassLoader instance tries to load in the definition of a class (as part of a normal method call or as part of creating a new instance using the new expression) and no definition of the class could be found.

The searched-for class definition existed when the currently executing class was compiled, but the definition can no longer be found.

Author: unascribed
Since: JDK1.0
/** * Thrown if the Java Virtual Machine or a <code>ClassLoader</code> instance * tries to load in the definition of a class (as part of a normal method call * or as part of creating a new instance using the <code>new</code> expression) * and no definition of the class could be found. * <p> * The searched-for class definition existed when the currently * executing class was compiled, but the definition can no longer be * found. * * @author unascribed * @since JDK1.0 */
public class NoClassDefFoundError extends LinkageError {
Constructs a NoClassDefFoundError with no detail message.
/** * Constructs a <code>NoClassDefFoundError</code> with no detail message. */
public NoClassDefFoundError() { super(); }
Constructs a NoClassDefFoundError with the specified detail message.
Params:
  • s – the detail message.
/** * Constructs a <code>NoClassDefFoundError</code> with the specified * detail message. * * @param s the detail message. */
public NoClassDefFoundError(String s) { super(s); } }