# Class ClassNotFoundException

java.lang.Object
java.lang.Throwable
java.lang.Exception
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

public class ClassNotFoundException extends Exception
Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using the forName method in class Class but no definition for the class with the specified name could be found. Since: JDK1.0, CLDC 1.0 See Also:Class.forName(java.lang.String)

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `ClassNotFoundException()`
  Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with no detail message.
  `ClassNotFoundException(String s)`
  Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with the specified detail message.

- ## Method Summary

  ### Methods inherited from class Throwable

  `addSuppressed, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString`

  ### Methods inherited from class Object

  `clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### ClassNotFoundException

    public ClassNotFoundException()
    Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with no detail message.

  - ### ClassNotFoundException

    public ClassNotFoundException(String s)
    Constructs a ClassNotFoundException with the specified detail message. s - the detail message.