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## java.lang
Class NoClassDefFoundError

    java.lang.Object
      java.lang.Throwable
          java.lang.Error
              java.lang.LinkageError
                  java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError

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:
  JDK1.0
See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`NoClassDefFoundError()` Constructs a `NoClassDefFoundError` with no detail message.
`NoClassDefFoundError(String s)` Constructs a `NoClassDefFoundError` with the specified detail message.

Method Summary

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, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### NoClassDefFoundError

    public NoClassDefFoundError()

  Constructs a `NoClassDefFoundError` with no detail message.

### NoClassDefFoundError

    public NoClassDefFoundError(String s)

  Constructs a `NoClassDefFoundError` with the specified detail message.

  Parameters:
    `s` - the detail message.

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