Uses of Class java.lang.ReflectiveOperationException

InvocationTargetException is sort of a way to "wrap" whatever exception comes up when a method or constructor is called via Reflection.

Thrown when a class is requested by reflection, but the class definition cannot be found.

Thrown whenever a reflective method tries to do something that the compiler would not allow.

Thrown when an attempt is made to use reflection to build a non-instantiable class (an interface or abstract class).

Thrown to indicate the class does not have the specified field.

Thrown to indicate the class does not have the specified method.