import java.lang.reflect.Field;

public class FieldTrouble {
    public Integer val;

    public static void main(String... args) {
	FieldTrouble ft = new FieldTrouble();
	try {
	    Class<?> c = ft.getClass();
	    Field f = c.getDeclaredField("val");
  	    f.setInt(ft, 42);               // IllegalArgumentException

        // production code should handle these exceptions more gracefully
	} catch (NoSuchFieldException x) {
	    x.printStackTrace();
 	} catch (IllegalAccessException x) {
 	    x.printStackTrace();
	}
    }
}