1: /* ClassFormatError.java -- thrown if a class file is invalid 2: Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3: 4: This file is part of GNU Classpath. 5: 6: GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 7: it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 8: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 9: any later version. 10: 11: GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 12: WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13: MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14: General Public License for more details. 15: 16: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 17: along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 18: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 19: 02110-1301 USA. 20: 21: Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 22: making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 23: conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 24: combination. 25: 26: As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 27: permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 28: executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 29: modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 30: terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 31: independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 32: module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 33: or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 34: this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 35: obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 36: exception statement from your version. */ 37: 38: 39: package java.lang; 40: 41: /** 42: * A <code>ClassFormatError</code> is thrown when a Java Virtual Machine 43: * unable to read a class file because the file is corrupted or cannot be 44: * interpreted as a class file. 45: * 46: * @author Brian Jones 47: * @status updated to 1.4 48: */ 49: public class ClassFormatError extends LinkageError 50: { 51: /** 52: * Compatible with JDK 1.0+. 53: */ 54: private static final long serialVersionUID = -8420114879011949195L; 55: 56: /** 57: * Create an error without a message. 58: */ 59: public ClassFormatError() 60: { 61: } 62: 63: /** 64: * Create an error with a message. 65: * 66: * @param s the message 67: */ 68: public ClassFormatError(String s) 69: { 70: super(s); 71: } 72: }