Chapter 12
The java.lang Package

IllegalAccessException

Name

Synopsis

Class Name:

java.lang.IllegalAccessException

Superclass:

java.lang.Exception

Immediate Subclasses:

None

Interfaces Implemented:

None

Availability:

JDK 1.0 or later

An IllegalAccessException is thrown when a program tries to dynamically load a class (i.e., uses the forName() method of the Class class, or the findSystemClass() or the loadClass() method of the ClassLoader class) and the currently executing method does not have access to the specified class because it is in another package and not public. This exception is also thrown when a program tries to create an instance of a class (i.e., uses the newInstance() method of the Class class) that does not have a zero-argument constructor accessible to the caller.

Class Summary

public class java.lang.IllegalAccessException extends java.lang.Exception {
  // Constructors
  public IllegalAccessException();
  public IllegalAccessException(String s);
}

Description: This constructor creates an IllegalAccessException with no associated detail message.

public IllegalAccessException(String s)

Parameters

s: The detail message.

Description

This constructor creates an IllegalAccessException with the specified detail message.

Inherited Methods

Method	Inherited From	Method	Inherited From
`clone()`	`Object`	`equals(Object)`	`Object`
`fillInStackTrace()`	`Throwable`	`finalize()`	`Object`
`getClass()`	`Object`	`getLocalizedMessage()`	`Throwable`
`getMessage()`	`Throwable`	`hashCode()`	`Object`
`notify()`	`Object`	`notifyAll()`	`Object`
`printStackTrace()`	`Throwable`	`printStackTrace(PrintStream)`	`Throwable`
`printStackTrace(PrintWriter)`	`Throwable`	`toString()`	`Object`
`wait()`	`Object`	`wait(long)`	`Object`
`wait(long, int)`	`Object`