Class ClassFormatError in Java
ClassFormatError is thrown from an application when java virtual machine attempts to read a binary format of the class file and determines that the file is malformed or can not be interpreted as a valid class file.
The structure of the ClassFormatError class is given as:
public class java.lang.ClassFormatError extends java.lang.LinkageError{
//constructor
public ClassFormatError();
//constructs an empty ClassFormatError object that is an object with no message specified.
public ClassFormatError(String message);
//constructs an ClassFormatError object with the message specified.
}
The class ClassFormatError also inherits methods from Object and Throwable class:
| From Object class | From Throwable class |
|---|---|
| clone() | fillInStackTrace() |
| getClass() | getMessage() |
| notify() | printStackTrace() |
| wait() | printStackTrace(PrintWriter) |
| wait(long, int) | getLocalizedMessage() |
| wait(long) | printStackTrace(PrintStream) |
| equals(Object) | |
| toString() | |
| finalize() | |
| hashCode() | |
| notifyAll() |