# Class UTFDataFormatException

java.lang.Object
java.lang.Throwable
java.lang.Exception
java.io.IOException
java.io.UTFDataFormatException

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Serializable`

public class UTFDataFormatException extends IOException
Signals that a malformed string in modified UTF-8 format has been read in a data input stream or by any class that implements the data input interface. See the `DataInput` class description for the format in which modified UTF-8 strings are read and written.

Since:
  1.0
See Also:
  - `DataInput`
  - `DataInputStream.readUTF(java.io.DataInput)`
  - `IOException`
  - Serialized Form

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `UTFDataFormatException()`
  Constructs a `UTFDataFormatException` with `null` as its error detail message.
  `UTFDataFormatException(String s)`
  Constructs a `UTFDataFormatException` with the specified detail message.

- ## Method Summary

  ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Throwable

  `addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString`

  ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### UTFDataFormatException

    public UTFDataFormatException()
    Constructs a `UTFDataFormatException` with `null` as its error detail message.

  - ### UTFDataFormatException

    public UTFDataFormatException(String s)
    Constructs a `UTFDataFormatException` with the specified detail message. The string `s` can be retrieved later by the `Throwable.getMessage()` method of class `java.lang.Throwable`.
    Parameters:
      `s` - the detail message.