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Java Quiz: What Does NoClassDefFoundError mean?

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Java Quiz: What Does NoClassDefFoundError mean?

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It took me a while to figure this out: NoClassDefFoundError is not the same as ClassNotFoundException.

ClassNotFoundException: The given class could not be found.
NoClassDefFoundError: The given class could be found, but something went wrong when initializing it (an interface it implemented could not be found, something went wrong in a static initializer etc.).

This article has more information.

From http://2ality.blogspot.com/2010/11/java-quiz-what-does-noclassdeffounderro.html

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