Name: vsC45997 Date: 11/10/96


The section "14.16 The throw Statement" of The Java Language
Specification contains the following:

"If a throw statement is contained in a static initializer, then a
compile-time check ensures that either its value is always an unchecked
exception or its value is always caught by some try statement that contains it. If, despite this check, the value is not caught by some try statement that contains the throw statement, then the value is rethrown if it is an instance
of class Error or one of its subclasses; otherwise, it is wrapped in an
ExceptionInInitializerError object, which is then thrown. "

See also 20.23:
"20.23 The Class java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

An ExceptionInInitializerError is thrown to indicate that an exception occurred
during evaluation of a static initializer or the initializer for a static variable.

public class ExceptionInInitializerError extends RuntimeException {
        public ExceptionInInitializerError();
        public ExceptionInInitializerError(String s);
        public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown);
        public Throwable getException();
}"

Java compiler (JDK1.1) does not permit to use ExceptionInInitializerError identifier as declared above.

> javac -d . stmt10705.java
stmt10705.java:12: Class javasoft.sqe.tests.lang.stmt107.stmt10705.ExceptionInInitializerError not found in type declaration.
     catch (ExceptionInInitializerError e) {
            ^
1 error

--------------------------stmt10705.java------------------------------
package javasoft.sqe.tests.lang.stmt107.stmt10705;
import java.io.PrintStream;
public class stmt10705 {
  public static void main(String argv[]) {
     System.exit(run(argv, System.out) + 95/*STATUS_TEMP*/);
  }
  public static int run(String argv[],PrintStream out) {
     int a1 = 1;
     try {
        a1 = stmt10705a.a1;
     }
     catch (ExceptionInInitializerError e) {
        out.println(e);
        a1 = 2;
     }
     catch (Throwable e) {
        out.println(e);
     }
     if ( a1!=2 ) {
        out.println("failed");
        return 2;
     }
     return 0;
  }
}
class stmt10705a {
   static stmt10705TE a = new stmt10705TE("OO");
   static int a1;
   static int a2=1;
   static { a1 = 1;
            if ( a1 == 1 )
                  throw a;
            else
               a2 = 2;
          }
}
class stmt10705TE extends RuntimeException {
   stmt10705TE (String s) { super(s);}
}
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