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| Chapter 25 The java.lang Package |

## 25.13 java.lang.ClassNotFoundException (JDK 1.0)

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Signals that a class to be loaded could not be found.

    public class ClassNotFoundException extends Exception {
        // Public Constructors
                public ClassNotFoundException();
                public ClassNotFoundException(String s);
    }

### Hierarchy:

Object->Throwable(Serializable)->Exception->ClassNotFoundException

### Thrown By:

Beans.instantiate(), Class.forName(), ClassLoader.findSystemClass(), ClassLoader.loadClass(), Externalizable.readExternal(), ObjectInput.readObject(), ObjectInputStream.defaultReadObject(), ObjectInputStream.readObject(), ObjectInputStream.resolveClass()

java.lang.ClassLoader (JDK 1.0) |  | java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException (JDK 1.0)