Manually Adding Exception Table Entry

I use Javassist to manually add a exception table entry:

Java Code:

MethodInfo minfo = (MethodInfo) aclasscf.getMethods().get(0);
CodeAttribute ca = minfo.getCodeAttribute();
ExceptionTable et = ca.getExceptionTable();
et.add(26, 30, 40, 0);
System.out.println("exception table size: " + et.size()); mh_sh_highlight_all('java');

If I get the bytecode with javap it seems to work:

Java Code:

Exception Table
from to target type
26 30 40 any mh_sh_highlight_all('java');

But the problem is that I can't run the file anymore. Simply running it with the java command results in "java.lang.VerifyError: Expecting a stackmap frame at branch target 40". After some research this seems to be a problem with java 7 and a stricter verifier. I read several times that java -XX:-UseSplitVerifier should be used instead.

This really fixed the stackmap error, but then another error appeared: "java.lang.VerifyError: (class: AClass, method: signature: ()V) Inconsistent stack height 2 != 1". Are there any further steps required to insert a new exception in the exception table?

Additional info: Later I want to remove gotos (in this case the goto at line 27) and add a function call instead. When this function finishes it will throw a exception and propagate it back to the caller (which will be at line 27). Then the program should go on as if nothing happend, that is also the reason why the target of the exception is the same as the target of the goto (40)

Here is the bytecode:

Java Code:

0: aload_0
1: invokespecial #8 // Method java/lang/Object."<init>":()V
4: iconst_0
5: istore_1
6: goto 19
9: getstatic #10 // Field java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
12: iload_1
13: invokevirtual #16 // Method java/io/PrintStream.println:(I)V

[Code] .....

Exception table:
from to target type
26 30 40 any mh_sh_highlight_all('java');