ClassNotFoundException
ClassNotFoundException Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its name as String. (When Dynamic loading).
Here is one simple example to throw class not found Exception
public class ClassNotFoundTest {public static void main(String[] args) {try {ClassLoader myClassLoader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();String className = "testclass";Class<?> myClass = myClassLoader.loadClass(className);System.out.println("Successfully loaded"+myClass.getSimpleName());}catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {System.out.println("Exception message "+e);}}}
Exception message java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: testclass
NoClassDefFoundError
NoClassDefFoundError Thrown if the Java Virtual Machine or a ClassLoader instance tries to load in the definition of a class and no definition of the class could be found.
The searched-for class definition existed when the currently executing class was compiled, but the definition can no longer be found.