Module java.base
Package java.lang

Class NoClassDefFoundError

java.lang.Object
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public class NoClassDefFoundError extends LinkageError
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.

Since:
1.0
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