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java.lang

Class ClassNotFoundException

Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
public class ClassNotFoundException
extends Exception
Thrown when a class is requested by reflection, but the class definition cannot be found. This exception is often chained from another Throwable.
See Also:
Class.forName(String), ClassLoader.findSystemClass(String), ClassLoader.loadClass(String,boolean), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ClassNotFoundException()
Create an exception without a message.
ClassNotFoundException(String s)
Create an exception with a message.
ClassNotFoundException(String s, Throwable ex)
Create an exception with a message and chain it to the exception which occurred while loading the class.

Method Summary

Throwable
getCause()
Returns the exception which occurred while loading the class, otherwise returns null.
Throwable
getException()
Returns the exception which occurred while loading the class, otherwise returns null.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ClassNotFoundException

public ClassNotFoundException()
Create an exception without a message. Note that this initializes the cause to null.

ClassNotFoundException

public ClassNotFoundException(String s)
Create an exception with a message. Note that this initializes the cause to null.
Parameters:
s - the message

ClassNotFoundException

public ClassNotFoundException(String s,
                              Throwable ex)
Create an exception with a message and chain it to the exception which occurred while loading the class.
Parameters:
s - the message
ex - the chained exception
Since:
1.2

Method Details

getCause

public Throwable getCause()
Returns the exception which occurred while loading the class, otherwise returns null.
Overrides:
getCause in interface Throwable
Returns:
the cause of this exception
Since:
1.4

getException

public Throwable getException()
Returns the exception which occurred while loading the class, otherwise returns null. This is a legacy method; the preferred choice now is Throwable.getCause().
Returns:
the cause of this exception
Since:
1.2
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