java.security
Class GeneralSecurityException

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Throwable
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        +--java.lang.Exception
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              +--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 is the general security exception class, which serves to group all the exception classes of the java.security package that extend from it.

The exceptions to this grouping are:

• AccessControlException and RMISecurityException, which subclass java.lang.SecurityException
• ProviderException, which subclasses java.lang.RuntimeException
• InvalidParameterException, which subclasses java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

GeneralSecurityException()
Constructs a GeneralSecurityException with no detail message.

GeneralSecurityException(String msg)
Constructs a GeneralSecurityException with the specified detail message.

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()

Constructs a GeneralSecurityException with no detail message.

GeneralSecurityException

public GeneralSecurityException(String msg)

Constructs a GeneralSecurityException with the specified detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.

Parameters:

msg - the detail message.