openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError.java

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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
 * @since   JDK1.0
 */
public
class NoClassDefFoundError extends LinkageError {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 9095859863287012458L;

    /**
     * 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);
    }
}