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Capitalization and NoClassDefFoundError vs ClassNotFoundException

I see differences between platforms about when Class.forName () throws a ClassNotFoundException and when it throws a NoClassDefFoundError. Is this behavior defined in a certain way, or have I come across an error?

Consider the following code (which is a stand-alone java file in the default package):

public class DLExceptionType {

  private static void printFindError(String name) {
    System.out.print(name + ": ");
    try {
      Class.forName(name);
      System.out.println("** no error **");
    } catch (Throwable e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    printFindError("DLExceptionType");
    printFindError("dLExceptionType"); // note the mis-capitalization
  }
}

The code displays the expected result on Linux:

[eos18:~]$ java -version DLExceptionType
java version "1.6.0_26"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_26-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.1-b02, mixed mode)
[eos18:~]$ java DLExceptionType
DLExceptionType: ** no error **
dLExceptionType: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: dLExceptionType

It produces a different but understandable output on Windows:

java version "1.7.0_01"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_01-b08)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 21.1-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

Y:\Temp>java DLExceptionType
DLExceptionType: ** no error **
dLExceptionType: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: dLExceptionType (wrong name:  DLExceptionType)

Windows exit makes sense: since the file system is not case sensitive, the JVM loads the dLExceptionType.class file, but this file contains a class with a different name: DLExceptionType

However, when I run the code on a Mac (with a case-sensitive file system and a newer JVM than Linux), I get the same result as Windows:

$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_29"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_29-b11-402-10M3527)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.4-b02-402, mixed mode)
$ java DLExceptionType
DLExceptionType: ** no error **
dLExceptionType: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: dLExceptionType (wrong name: DLExceptionType)
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