Class CertificateException

java.security.cert.CertificateException

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:: CertificateEncodingException, CertificateExpiredException, CertificateNotYetValidException, CertificateParsingException, CertificateRevokedException

public class CertificateException extends GeneralSecurityException

This exception indicates one of a variety of certificate problems.

Since:

1.2

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`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 declared in class Throwable

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

Methods declared in class Object

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

Constructor Details

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

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