Taken from http://www.javaspecialists.eu/archive/Issue208.html

FieldThrowsException.java

public class FactoryThatThrowsException {

    // a String creation Factory/Builder ...
    public static String getString() throws Exception {
        throw new Exception();
    }

    // normally would not compile
    private final String aString = getString();

    // but does as long the constructor throws the exception
    public FactoryThatThrowsException() throws Exception {
    }

}