java.security

Class GeneralSecurityException

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Exception

java.security.GeneralSecurityException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BadPaddingException, CertificateException, CertPathBuilderException, CertPathValidatorException, CertStoreException, CRLException, DigestException, ExemptionMechanismException, IllegalBlockSizeException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException, InvalidKeySpecException, InvalidParameterSpecException, KeyException, KeyStoreException, LoginException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchPaddingException, NoSuchProviderException, ShortBufferException, SignatureException, UnrecoverableKeyException

public class GeneralSecurityException
extends Exception

This class is the common superclass of all security exceptions. All exceptions in java.security extend this class with the exception (no pun intended) of AccessControlException and CertificateException (which extend SecurityException), ProviderException (RuntimeException), and InvalidParamterException (IllegalArgumentException).

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GeneralSecurityException() Create a new instance with no descriptive error message.
GeneralSecurityException(String msg) Create a new instance with a descriptive error message.
GeneralSecurityException(String s, Throwable cause) Create a new instance with a descriptive error message and a cause.
GeneralSecurityException(Throwable cause) Create a new instance with a cause.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GeneralSecurityException

public GeneralSecurityException()

Create a new instance with no descriptive error message.

GeneralSecurityException

public GeneralSecurityException(String msg)

Create a new instance with a descriptive error message.

Parameters:

msg - the descriptive error message

GeneralSecurityException

public GeneralSecurityException(String s,
                        Throwable cause)

Create a new instance with a descriptive error message and a cause.

Parameters:

s - the descriptive error message

cause - the cause

Since:

1.5

GeneralSecurityException

public GeneralSecurityException(Throwable cause)

Create a new instance with a cause.

Parameters:

cause - the cause

Since:

1.5