I had a bean with an object VJBca63a13729.VJTlc (i.e VJBca63a13729/VJTlc.ser)

calling Beans.instantiate on that gave an incorrect error msg:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: VJBca63a13729.VJTlc
        at sun.beanbox.SimpleClassLoader.loadClass(SimpleClassLoader.java:218)
...

After investigating a bit I found out that deserialization had failed because
of:

java.io.InvalidClassException: connect.widgets.ImageListBox; Local class not compatible
        at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.setClass(ObjectStreamClass.java)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.inputClassDescriptor(ObjectInputStream.java)
...
...

However Beans.instantiate ingnored this exception and moved on to loading
the class.


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Another case is for handling BAD beans (one with no no-arg constructor)
Beans.instantiate throws an Error which may be desirable.

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError
at java.beans.Beans.instantiate(Beans.java:128)

pramod.jajoo@Eng 1997-08-15