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Class java.lang.IllegalAccessException

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.lang.Throwable
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           +----java.lang.Exception
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                   +----java.lang.IllegalAccessException

public class IllegalAccessException
extends Exception
Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using:

but the currently executing method does not have access to the definition of the specified class, because the class is not public and in another package.

An instance of this class can also be thrown when an application tries to create an instance of a class using the newInstance method in class Class, but the current method does not have access to the appropriate zero-argument constructor.

See Also:
forName, newInstance, findSystemClass, loadClass

Constructor Index

 o IllegalAccessException()
Constructs an IllegalAccessException without a detail message.
 o IllegalAccessException(String)
Constructs an IllegalAccessException with a detail message.

Constructors

 o IllegalAccessException
public IllegalAccessException()
Constructs an IllegalAccessException without a detail message.

 o IllegalAccessException
public IllegalAccessException(String s)
Constructs an IllegalAccessException with a detail message.

Parameters:
s - the detail message.

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