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25 
26 package java.lang;
27 
28 /**
29  * Thrown if the Java Virtual Machine or a <code>ClassLoader</code> instance
30  * tries to load in the definition of a class (as part of a normal method call
31  * or as part of creating a new instance using the <code>new</code> expression)
32  * and no definition of the class could be found.
33  * <p>
34  * The searched-for class definition existed when the currently
35  * executing class was compiled, but the definition can no longer be
36  * found.
37  *
38  * @author  unascribed
39  * @since   1.0
40  */
41 public
42 class NoClassDefFoundError extends LinkageError {
43     private static final long serialVersionUID = 9095859863287012458L;
44 
45     /**
46      * Constructs a <code>NoClassDefFoundError</code> with no detail message.
47      */
NoClassDefFoundError()48     public NoClassDefFoundError() {
49         super();
50     }
51 
52     /**
53      * Constructs a <code>NoClassDefFoundError</code> with the specified
54      * detail message.
55      *
56      * @param   s   the detail message.
57      */
NoClassDefFoundError(String s)58     public NoClassDefFoundError(String s) {
59         super(s);
60     }
61 }
62