java.lang
Class IllegalAccessException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.IllegalAccessException

public class IllegalAccessException
extends Exception

Thrown when an application tries to load in a class, 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

Version:

1.8, 12/04/99 (CLDC 1.0, Spring 2000)

Author:

unascribed

See Also:

Class.forName(java.lang.String), Class.newInstance()

Constructor Summary

IllegalAccessException()
Constructs an IllegalAccessException without a detail message.

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

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

getMessage, printStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, 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.