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    open class ClassFormatError : LinkageError
    
    
      
        
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                    | GenericSignatureFormatError | Thrown when a syntactically malformed signature attribute is encountered by a reflective method that needs to interpret the generic signature information for a type, method or constructor. |  
                    | UnsupportedClassVersionError | Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine attempts to read a class file and determines that the major and minor version numbers in the file are not supported. |  | 
      
    
    Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine attempts to read a class file and determines that the file is malformed or otherwise cannot be interpreted as a class file.
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          | Constructs a ClassFormatErrorwith no detail message. | 
        
          | Constructs a ClassFormatErrorwith the specified detail message. | 
      
    
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      ClassFormatError()
      Constructs a ClassFormatError with no detail message.
     
    
      
      
      ClassFormatError(s: String!)
      Constructs a ClassFormatError with the specified detail message.
      
        
          
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            | s | String!: the detail message. | 
        
      
     
  
  
  
    
  
 
  
    
      
      
    
    
      
    
    
  
       
    
    
      
    
  
  
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