All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

GenericSignatureFormatError, UnsupportedClassVersionError

public class ClassFormatError extends LinkageError

Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine attempts to read a class file and determines that the file is malformed or otherwise cannot be interpreted as a class file.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

• Serialized Form

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructs a ClassFormatError with no detail message.

  Constructs a ClassFormatError with the specified detail message.

• Method Summary

  Methods declared in class java.lang.Throwable

  addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

• Constructor Details

  • ClassFormatError

    public ClassFormatError()

    Constructs a ClassFormatError with no detail message.

  • ClassFormatError

    public ClassFormatError(String s)

    Constructs a ClassFormatError with the specified detail message.

    Parameters:

    s - the detail message.