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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"can't catch `LocalException`: tried to access class com.browserstack.local.LocalException","articleBody":"Using version 1.0.3\r\n\r\nI have this Groovy code:\r\n```\r\nimport com.browserstack.local.LocalException\r\n\r\nclass AcsTestBase {\r\n...\r\n        log.info 'Starting BrowserStack Local binary ...'\r\n        try {\r\n            bsLocal = new Local()\r\n            HashMap\u003cString, String\u003e bsLocalArgs = new HashMap\u003cString, String\u003e()\r\n            bsLocalArgs.put('key', key)\r\n            bsLocal.start(bsLocalArgs)\r\n            log.info 'bsLocal.isRunning(): ' + bsLocal.isRunning()\r\n        } catch (LocalException e) {\r\n            log.error e.message\r\n            throw e\r\n        }\r\n```\r\nThis results in this:\r\n\u003e java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access class com.browserstack.local.LocalException from class tests.AcsTestBase\r\n\r\nBut if I use `catch (Exception e)`  instead, then everything is working ok: I'm getting message in the log, as expected.\r\n\r\nThe point of this issue is not fact, that I'm getting Exception, but the issue is that I can't catch the exception by using `LocalException` class\r\n\r\nBy the way, the cause of exception was this (I know how to handle it):\r\n```\r\ncom.browserstack.local.LocalException: Either another browserstack local client is running on your machine or some server is listening on port 45691\r\n\tat com.browserstack.local.Local.start(Local.java:80)\r\n\tat com.browserstack.local.Local$start.call(Unknown Source)\r\n\tat org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:47)\r\n\tat org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:115)\r\n\tat org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:127)\r\n...\r\n```\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/SlavikCA","@type":"Person","name":"SlavikCA"},"datePublished":"2019-11-16T00:34:44.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/46/browserstack-local-java/issues/46"}