ClassNotFoundException

public class ClassNotFoundException
extends ReflectiveOperationException

java.lang.Object
↳	java.lang.Throwable
	↳	java.lang.Exception
		↳	java.lang.ReflectiveOperationException
			↳	java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using:

but no definition for the class with the specified name could be found.

See also:

Summary

Public constructors
`ClassNotFoundException()` Constructs a `ClassNotFoundException` with no detail message.
`ClassNotFoundException(String s)` Constructs a `ClassNotFoundException` with the specified detail message.
`ClassNotFoundException(String s, Throwable ex)` Constructs a `ClassNotFoundException` with the specified detail message and optional exception that was raised while loading the class.

Public methods
`Throwable`	`getException()` Returns the exception that was raised if an error occurred while attempting to load the class.

From class


        
          java.lang.Throwable

`final void`	`addSuppressed(Throwable exception)` Appends the specified exception to the exceptions that were suppressed in order to deliver this exception.
`Throwable`	`fillInStackTrace()` Fills in the execution stack trace.
`Throwable`	`getCause()` Returns the cause of this throwable or `null` if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.
`String`	`getLocalizedMessage()` Creates a localized description of this throwable.
`String`	`getMessage()` Returns the detail message string of this throwable.
`StackTraceElement[]`	`getStackTrace()` Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by `printStackTrace()`.
`final Throwable[]`	`getSuppressed()` Returns an array containing all of the exceptions that were suppressed, typically by the `try`-with-resources statement, in order to deliver this exception.
`Throwable`	`initCause(Throwable cause)` Initializes the cause of this throwable to the specified value.
`void`	`printStackTrace()` Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the standard error stream.
`void`	`printStackTrace(PrintWriter s)` Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print writer.
`void`	`printStackTrace(PrintStream s)` Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print stream.
`void`	`setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] stackTrace)` Sets the stack trace elements that will be returned by `getStackTrace()` and printed by `printStackTrace()` and related methods.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a short description of this throwable.

From class


        
          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Added in API level 1

public ClassNotFoundException ()

Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with no detail message.

Added in API level 1

public ClassNotFoundException (String s)

Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with the specified detail message.

Parameters
`s`	`String`: the detail message.

Added in API level 1

public ClassNotFoundException (String s, 
                Throwable ex)

Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with the specified detail message and optional exception that was raised while loading the class.

Parameters
`s`	`String`: the detail message
`ex`	`Throwable`: the exception that was raised while loading the class

Added in API level 1

public Throwable getException ()

Returns the exception that was raised if an error occurred while attempting to load the class. Otherwise, returns null.

This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility. The Throwable#getCause() method is now the preferred means of obtaining this information.

Returns
`Throwable`	the `Exception` that was raised while loading a class