Source for java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError

   1: /* NoClassDefFoundError.java -- thrown when a ClassLoader cannot find a class
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package java.lang;
  40: 
  41: /**
  42:  * A <code>NoClassDefFoundError</code> is thrown when a classloader or the
  43:  * Java Virtual Machine tries to load a class and no definition of the class
  44:  * can be found.  This could happen when using the <code>new</code> expression
  45:  * or during a normal method call.  The reason this would occur at runtime is
  46:  * because the missing class definition existed when the currently executing 
  47:  * class was compiled, but now that definition cannot be found.
  48:  *
  49:  * @author Brian Jones
  50:  * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)
  51:  * @status updated to 1.4
  52:  */
  53: public class NoClassDefFoundError extends LinkageError
  54: {
  55:   /**
  56:    * Compatible with JDK 1.0+.
  57:    */
  58:   private static final long serialVersionUID = 9095859863287012458L;
  59: 
  60:   /**
  61:    * Create an error without a message.
  62:    */
  63:   public NoClassDefFoundError()
  64:   {
  65:   }
  66: 
  67:   /**
  68:    * Create an error with a message.
  69:    *
  70:    * @param s the message
  71:    */
  72:   public NoClassDefFoundError(String s)
  73:   {
  74:     super(s);
  75:   }
  76: }