Chapter 12
The java.lang Package

IncompatibleClassChangeError

Name

Synopsis

Class Name:

java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError

Superclass:

java.lang.LinkageError

Immediate Subclasses:

java.lang.AbstractMethodError,

java.lang.IllegalAccessError,

java.lang.InstantiationError,

java.lang.NoSuchFieldError,

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError

Interfaces Implemented:

None

Availability:

JDK 1.0 or later

An IncompatibleClassChangeError or one of its subclasses is thrown when a class refers to another class in an incompatible way. This situation occurs when the current definition of the referenced class is incompatible with the definition of the class that was found when the referring class was compiled. For example, say class A refers to a method in class B. Then, after class A is compiled, the method is removed from class B. When class A is loaded, the run-time system discovers that the method in class B no longer exists and throws an error.

Class Summary

public class java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError
             extends java.lang.LinkageError {
  // Constructors
  public IncompatibleClassChangeError();
  public IncompatibleClassChangeError(String s);
}

Description: This constructor creates an IncompatibleClassChangeError with no associated detail message.

public IncompatibleClassChangeError(String s)

Parameters

s: The detail message.

Description

This constructor creates an IncompatibleClassChangeError with the specified detail message.

Inherited Methods

Method	Inherited From	Method	Inherited From
`clone()`	`Object`	`equals(Object)`	`Object`
`fillInStackTrace()`	`Throwable`	`finalize()`	`Object`
`getClass()`	`Object`	`getLocalizedMessage()`	`Throwable`
`getMessage()`	`Throwable`	`hashCode()`	`Object`
`notify()`	`Object`	`notifyAll()`	`Object`
`printStackTrace()`	`Throwable`	`printStackTrace(PrintStream)`	`Throwable`
`printStackTrace(PrintWriter)`	`Throwable`	`toString()`	`Object`
`wait()`	`Object`	`wait(long)`	`Object`
`wait(long, int)`	`Object`