InvalidMethodException

com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.verifier.exc.InvalidMethodException

InvalidMethodException is described in the javadoc comments as:

Instances of this class are thrown by BCEL's class file verifier 'JustIce' when the verification of a method is requested that does not exist.
version: $Id: InvalidMethodException.java,v 1.1.1.1 2001/10/29 20:00:33 jvanzyl Exp $ author: Enver Haase

Where is this exception thrown?

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• The message 'com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.verifier.exc.InvalidMethodException: METHOD DOES NOT EXIST!' is thrown within the method:
  com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.verifier.statics.Pass3aVerifier.do_verify()

How is this exception thrown?

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com.sun.org.apache.bcel.internal.verifier.statics.Pass3aVerifier.do_verify()

/**
  * Pass 3a is the verification of static constraints of
  * JVM code (such as legal targets of branch instructions).
  * This is the part of pass 3 where you do not need data
  * flow analysis.
  * JustIce also delays the checks for a correct exception
  * table of a Code attribute and correct line number entries
  * in a LineNumberTable attribute of a Code attribute (which
  * conceptually belong to pass 2) to this pass. Also, most
  * of the check for valid local variable entries in a
  * LocalVariableTable attribute of a Code attribute is
  * delayed until this pass.
  * All these checks need access to the code array of the
  * Code attribute.
  *
  * @throws InvalidMethodException if the method to verify does not exist.
  */
public VerificationResult do_verify() {
    if (myOwner.doPass2().equals(VerificationResult.VR_OK)) {
        JavaClass jc = Repository.lookupClass(myOwner.getClassName());
        Method[] methods = jc.getMethods();
        if (method_no >= methods.length) {
            throw new InvalidMethodException('METHOD DOES NOT EXIST!');
        }
        Method method = methods[method_no];
        code = method.getCode();
        if (method.isAbstract() || method.isNative()) {
            return VerificationResult.VR_OK;
        }
        try {
            instructionList = new InstructionList(method.getCode().getCode());
        } catch (RuntimeException re) {
            return new VerificationResult(VerificationResult.VERIFIED_REJECTED, 'Bad bytecode in the code array of the Code attribute of method '' + method + ''.');
        }
        instructionList.setPositions(true);
        VerificationResult vr = VerificationResult.VR_OK;
        try {
            delayedPass2Checks();
        } catch (ClassConstraintException cce) {
            vr = new VerificationResult(VerificationResult.VERIFIED_REJECTED, cce.getMessage());
            return vr;
        }
        try {
            pass3StaticInstructionChecks();
            pass3StaticInstructionOperandsChecks();
        } catch (StaticCodeConstraintException scce) {
            vr = new VerificationResult(VerificationResult.VERIFIED_REJECTED, scce.getMessage());
        }
        return vr;
    } else {
        return VerificationResult.VR_NOTYET;
    }
}

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