RFR: 8280642: IllegalAccessError thrown by ObjectInputStream.resolveProxyClass is not handled

[Roger Riggs]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 23:54:54 GMT, Mandy Chung <mchung at openjdk.org> wrote:

> `ObjectInputStream::readObject` does not specify that `InvalidObjectException` may be thrown. 
> Have you considered throwing `InvalidClassException` be an alternative? i.e. extend `InvalidClassException` to report failure in creating the proxy class during deserialization.

There are other checks related to the Proxy interfaces that throw InvalidObjectException.
InvalidClassException was a close second.
The throwing of `IllegalAccessException` is not described for `readObject` and `InvalidObjectException` is a subclass of `IOException` that acts as a catch-all.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7274