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open class ClassFormatError : LinkageError
Known Direct Subclasses
| 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.
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| 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.
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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.
Summary
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Constructs a ClassFormatError with no detail message.
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Constructs a ClassFormatError with the specified detail message.
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Public constructors
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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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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