JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

java.security.cert
Class CertificateException

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Throwable
      extended by java.lang.Exception
          extended by java.security.GeneralSecurityException
              extended by java.security.cert.CertificateException
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
CertificateEncodingException, CertificateExpiredException, CertificateNotYetValidException, CertificateParsingException

public class CertificateException
extends GeneralSecurityException

This exception indicates one of a variety of certificate problems.

See Also:
Certificate, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
CertificateException()
          Constructs a certificate exception with no detail message.
CertificateException(String msg)
          Constructs a certificate exception with the given detail message.
CertificateException(String message, Throwable cause)
          Creates a CertificateException with the specified detail message and cause.
CertificateException(Throwable cause)
          Creates a CertificateException with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of 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

CertificateException

public CertificateException()
Constructs a certificate exception with no detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.


CertificateException

public CertificateException(String msg)
Constructs a certificate exception with the given detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.

Parameters:
msg - the detail message.

CertificateException

public CertificateException(String message,
                            Throwable cause)
Creates a CertificateException with the specified detail message and cause.

Parameters:
message - the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method).
cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
Since:
1.5

CertificateException

public CertificateException(Throwable cause)
Creates a CertificateException with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).

Parameters:
cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
Since:
1.5

JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

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