Debug a Java NoClassDefFoundError

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Issue

  • I am getting the following exception:

    java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.example.MyClass

  • What does java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError mean, and how do I solve it?

Environment

  • Java

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