## 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 a given `ProtectionDomain`.
`protected Class<?>` ClassLoader.`defineClass​(String name, ByteBuffer b, ProtectionDomain protectionDomain)` Converts a `ByteBuffer` into an instance of class `Class`, with the given `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.