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PODifference between IllegalAccessError and IllegalAccessException
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copied!<p>Consider this pair of <code>Throwable</code>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalAccessException.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>IllegalAccessException</code></a><code>extends Exception</code></p> <p>Thrown when an application tries to reflectively create an instance (other than an array), set or get a field, or invoke a method, but the currently executing method does not have access to the definition of the specified class, field, method or constructor.</p> <p><a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalAccessError.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>IllegalAccessError</code></a><code>ext IncompatibleClassChangeError ext LinkageError ext Error</code> </p> <p>Thrown if an application attempts to access or modify a field, or to call a method that it does not have access to.</p> <p>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. </p> </blockquote> <h3>Questions</h3> <ul> <li>Can someone give a code example where each is thrown?</li> <li>Does the similarity in name imply relationship between the two, or is it just pure coincidence?</li> <li>Are there other <code>XXXError</code> and <code>XXXException</code> combo? How are the pairs related to each other?</li> <li>If you explicitly <code>try</code> to <code>catch</code> one in an <code>Exception/Error</code> pair, should you also <code>catch</code> the other?</li> </ul>

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