Class SSLException

javax.net.ssl.SSLException

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:: SSLHandshakeException, SSLKeyException, SSLPeerUnverifiedException, SSLProtocolException

public class SSLException extends IOException

Indicates some kind of error detected by an SSL subsystem. This class is the general class of exceptions produced by failed SSL-related operations.

Since:

1.4

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`SSLException(String reason)`	Constructs an exception reporting an error found by an SSL subsystem.
`SSLException(String message, Throwable cause)`	Creates a `SSLException` with the specified detail message and cause.
`SSLException(Throwable cause)`	Creates a `SSLException` 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

SSLException

public SSLException(String reason)

Constructs an exception reporting an error found by an SSL subsystem.

Parameters:: reason - describes the problem.

SSLException

public SSLException(String message, Throwable cause)

Creates a SSLException 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

SSLException

public SSLException(Throwable cause)

Creates a SSLException 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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