## Uses of Class
java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError

- Packages that use IncompatibleClassChangeError
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.lang | Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language.

- - ### Uses of IncompatibleClassChangeError in java.lang

    Subclasses of IncompatibleClassChangeError in java.lang
    Modifier and Type | Class | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `class` | `AbstractMethodError` Thrown when an application tries to call an abstract method.
    `class` | `IllegalAccessError` Thrown if an application attempts to access or modify a field, or to call a method that it does not have access to.
    `class` | `InstantiationError` Thrown when an application tries to use the Java `new` construct to instantiate an abstract class or an interface.
    `class` | `NoSuchFieldError` Thrown if an application tries to access or modify a specified field of an object, and that object no longer has that field.
    `class` | `NoSuchMethodError` Thrown if an application tries to call a specified method of a class (either static or instance), and that class no longer has a definition of that method.

Submit a bug or feature
For further API reference and developer documentation, see Java SE Documentation. That documentation contains more detailed, developer-targeted descriptions, with conceptual overviews, definitions of terms, workarounds, and working code examples.
Copyright © 1993, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Also see the documentation redistribution policy.