public class initexc { public static class fail { static { // Static initializers must be able to complete normally. if (true) throw new NullPointerException("nope"); } public static int val () { return 23; } } public static void main (String[] args) { try { System.out.println (fail.val ()); } catch (ExceptionInInitializerError _) { // Ok. } try { System.out.println (fail.val ()); } catch (NoClassDefFoundError _) { // Ok. } } }