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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:

- The `forName` method in class `Class`.
- The `findSystemClass` method in class `ClassLoader`.
- The `loadClass` method in class `ClassLoader`.

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

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

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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.

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