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Class.forName causing ClassFormatError when class not found

843807Aug 26 2003 — edited Aug 31 2003

I'm using code in an applet that checks to see if a class is available by doing Class.forName and catching any exception. Normally this should throw a ClassNotFoundException which would be caught. However, it is throwing a ClassFormatException with the message "Truncated class file". The class is not available. Does anyone have any idea what is happening?

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