ClassFormatError: Unknown constant tag in class XY

Question

I have a piece of code in which I try to load a class during runtime. The code is not all selfwritten so I have some problems understanding the error which always appers aft

Answer 1

Answers to your questions:

1. No

2. Yes

3. From Java Doc Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine attempts to read a class file and determines that the file is malformed or otherwise cannot be interpreted as a class file.