src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/atomic/AtomicReference.java

8197531: Miscellaneous changes imported from jsr166 CVS 2018-04
Reviewed-by: martin, psandoz

@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@
     static {
         try {
             MethodHandles.Lookup l = MethodHandles.lookup();
             VALUE = l.findVarHandle(AtomicReference.class, "value", Object.class);
         } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
-            throw new Error(e);
+            throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(e);
         }
     }
 
     private volatile V value;