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NoClassDefFoundError.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API1154Fri Aug 26 14:57:02 BST 2005java.lang

NoClassDefFoundError.java

/*
 * @(#)NoClassDefFoundError.java	1.22 03/12/19
 *
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.lang;

/**
 * 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
 * @version 1.22, 12/19/03
 * @since   JDK1.0
 */
public
class NoClassDefFoundError extends LinkageError {
    /**
     * Constructs a <code>NoClassDefFoundError</code> with no detail message.
     */
    public NoClassDefFoundError() {
	super();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a <code>NoClassDefFoundError</code> with the specified 
     * detail message. 
     *
     * @param   s   the detail message.
     */
    public NoClassDefFoundError(String s) {
	super(s);
    }
}