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## Uses of Class
java.lang.ClassFormatError

Packages that use ClassFormatError
java.lang | Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language.
java.lang.reflect | Provides classes and interfaces for obtaining reflective information about classes and objects.

Uses of ClassFormatError in java.lang

Subclasses of ClassFormatError in java.lang
`class` | `UnsupportedClassVersionError` Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine attempts to read a class file and determines that the major and minor version numbers in the file are not supported.

Methods in java.lang that throw ClassFormatError
`protected Class<?>` | `ClassLoader.defineClass(byte[] b, int off, int len)` Deprecated. Replaced by `defineClass(String, byte[], int, int)`
`protected Class<?>` | `ClassLoader.defineClass(String name, byte[] b, int off, int len)` Converts an array of bytes into an instance of class `Class`.
`protected Class<?>` | `ClassLoader.defineClass(String name, byte[] b, int off, int len, ProtectionDomain protectionDomain)` Converts an array of bytes into an instance of class `Class`, with an optional `ProtectionDomain`.
`protected Class<?>` | `ClassLoader.defineClass(String name, ByteBuffer b, ProtectionDomain protectionDomain)` Converts a ``ByteBuffer`` into an instance of class `Class`, with an optional `ProtectionDomain`.

Uses of ClassFormatError in java.lang.reflect

Subclasses of ClassFormatError in java.lang.reflect
`class` | `GenericSignatureFormatError` Thrown when a syntactically malformed signature attribute is encountered by a reflective method that needs to interpret the generic signature information for a type, method or constructor.

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