Contribution from JSR-277 review:

Please consider some enhancements to LinkageErrorS.
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/LinkageError.html

Neither LinkageError, nor any of the classes that extend it have
adequate JavaDoc. The descriptions in the book below would be a good
place to start.

"The Java Class Library: Second Edition, Volume 1"
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/chanlee/second_edition/vol1/