accessibleObject.setAccessible(flag);
  }

  /** See {@link java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject#trySetAccessible()}. */
  @SuppressWarnings("CatchingUnchecked") // sneaky checked exception
  public final boolean trySetAccessible() {
    // We can't call accessibleObject.trySetAccessible since that was added in Java 9 and this code
    // should work on Java 8. So we emulate it this way.
    try {