Class IllegalAccessError

java.lang.IllegalAccessError

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable

public class IllegalAccessError extends IncompatibleClassChangeError

Thrown if an application attempts to access or modify a field, or to call a method that it does not have access to.

Normally, this error is caught by the compiler; this error can only occur at run time if the definition of a class has incompatibly changed.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`IllegalAccessError()`	Constructs an `IllegalAccessError` with no detail message.
`IllegalAccessError(String s)`	Constructs an `IllegalAccessError` with the specified detail message.

Method Summary

Methods declared in class Throwable

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

Methods declared in class Object

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

Constructor Details

IllegalAccessError

public IllegalAccessError()

Constructs an IllegalAccessError with no detail message.

IllegalAccessError

public IllegalAccessError(String s)

Constructs an IllegalAccessError with the specified detail message.

Parameters:: s - the detail message.

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