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.