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package io.netty.util.internal;

import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;

public final class ReflectionUtil {

    private ReflectionUtil() { }

    
Try to call AccessibleObject.setAccessible(boolean) but will catch any SecurityException and InaccessibleObjectException and return it. The caller must check if it returns null and if not handle the returned exception. /**
     * Try to call {@link AccessibleObject#setAccessible(boolean)} but will catch any {@link SecurityException} and
     * {@link java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException} and return it.
     * The caller must check if it returns {@code null} and if not handle the returned exception.
     */
    public static Throwable trySetAccessible(AccessibleObject object, boolean checkAccessible) {
        if (checkAccessible && !PlatformDependent0.isExplicitTryReflectionSetAccessible()) {
            return new UnsupportedOperationException("Reflective setAccessible(true) disabled");
        }
        try {
            object.setAccessible(true);
            return null;
        } catch (SecurityException e) {
            return e;
        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
            return handleInaccessibleObjectException(e);
        }
    }

    private static RuntimeException handleInaccessibleObjectException(RuntimeException e) {
        // JDK 9 can throw an inaccessible object exception here; since Netty compiles
        // against JDK 7 and this exception was only added in JDK 9, we have to weakly
        // check the type
        if ("java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException".equals(e.getClass().getName())) {
            return e;
        }
        throw e;
    }
}