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Why JVM does not allow to throw Unchecked Exception from static block? But it still allows them implicitly (e.g: calling method on null object).

Note: The question is more academic and not from real life issue.

Andranik Chorokhyan
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You can throw it with a little hack but you will get ExceptionInInitializerError:

Signals that an unexpected exception has occurred in a static initializer. An ExceptionInInitializerError is thrown to indicate that an exception occurred during evaluation of a static initializer or the initializer for a static variable.

static {
    try {
        throw new RuntimeException();
    }
    catch (IllegalArgumentException ignored){}
}

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException
...

Nikolai
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