Name: mgC56079 Date: 02/18/98



Reflection throws an IllegalAccessException if a public field inherited from
a non-public interface is accessed.

Direct access works fine however.

----- Here is the test (Const.java) -----
public class Const {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // direct access works fine
    System.out.print("Direct access: ");
    System.out.println(java.io.ObjectInputStream.STREAM_VERSION);

    // access via reflection fails
    System.out.print("Reflection: ");
    try {
      java.lang.reflect.Field f=
        java.io.ObjectInputStream.class.getField("STREAM_VERSION");
      System.out.println(f.get(null));
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
---- Here is the output from the test -------
java Const
Direct access: 5
Reflection: java.lang.IllegalAccessException: java/io/ObjectStreamConstants
at Const.main(Const.java:12)

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