Uses of Class java.lang.ClassFormatError (Java SE 10 & JDK 10 )

## Uses of Class
java.lang.ClassFormatError

- Packages that use ClassFormatError
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  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
    Modifier and Type | Class | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `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
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `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
    Modifier and Type | Class | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `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.