Java Platform 1.2

java.lang
Class 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.

Since:
JDK1.0
See Also:
Class.forName(java.lang.String), Class.newInstance(), ClassLoader.findSystemClass(java.lang.String), ClassLoader.loadClass(java.lang.String, boolean), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
IllegalAccessException()
          Constructs an IllegalAccessException without a detail message.
IllegalAccessException(String s)
          Constructs an IllegalAccessException with a detail message.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

IllegalAccessException

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

IllegalAccessException

public IllegalAccessException(String s)
Constructs an IllegalAccessException with a detail message.
Parameters:
s - the detail message.

Java Platform 1.2

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