JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.2

java.security.cert
Class CertPathBuilderException

java.lang.Object
  extended byjava.lang.Throwable
      extended byjava.lang.Exception
          extended byjava.security.GeneralSecurityException
              extended byjava.security.cert.CertPathBuilderException
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public class CertPathBuilderException
extends GeneralSecurityException

An exception indicating one of a variety of problems encountered when building a certification path with a CertPathBuilder.

A CertPathBuilderException provides support for wrapping exceptions. The getCause method returns the throwable, if any, that caused this exception to be thrown.

Concurrent Access

Unless otherwise specified, the methods defined in this class are not thread-safe. Multiple threads that need to access a single object concurrently should synchronize amongst themselves and provide the necessary locking. Multiple threads each manipulating separate objects need not synchronize.

Since:
1.4
See Also:
CertPathBuilder, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
CertPathBuilderException()
          Creates a CertPathBuilderException with null as its detail message.
CertPathBuilderException(String msg)
          Creates a CertPathBuilderException with the given detail message.
CertPathBuilderException(String msg, Throwable cause)
          Creates a CertPathBuilderException with the specified detail message and cause.
CertPathBuilderException(Throwable cause)
          Creates a CertPathBuilderException that wraps the specified throwable.
 
Method Summary
 Throwable getCause()
          Returns the internal (wrapped) cause, or null if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.
 String getMessage()
          Returns the detail message for this CertPathBuilderException.
 void printStackTrace()
          Prints a stack trace to System.err, including the backtrace of the cause, if any.
 void printStackTrace(PrintStream ps)
          Prints a stack trace to a PrintStream, including the backtrace of the cause, if any.
 void printStackTrace(PrintWriter pw)
          Prints a stack trace to a PrintWriter, including the backtrace of the cause, if any.
 String toString()
          Returns a string describing this exception, including a description of the internal (wrapped) cause if there is one.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, setStackTrace
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

CertPathBuilderException

public CertPathBuilderException()
Creates a CertPathBuilderException with null as its detail message.


CertPathBuilderException

public CertPathBuilderException(String msg)
Creates a CertPathBuilderException with the given detail message. The detail message is a String that describes this particular exception in more detail.

Parameters:
msg - the detail message

CertPathBuilderException

public CertPathBuilderException(Throwable cause)
Creates a CertPathBuilderException that wraps the specified throwable. This allows any exception to be converted into a CertPathBuilderException, while retaining information about the wrapped exception, which may be useful for debugging. The detail message is set to (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 getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

CertPathBuilderException

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

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

getCause

public Throwable getCause()
Returns the internal (wrapped) cause, or null if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.

Overrides:
getCause in class Throwable
Returns:
the cause of this throwable or null if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.

getMessage

public String getMessage()
Returns the detail message for this CertPathBuilderException.

Overrides:
getMessage in class Throwable
Returns:
the detail message, or null if neither the message nor internal cause were specified

toString

public String toString()
Returns a string describing this exception, including a description of the internal (wrapped) cause if there is one.

Overrides:
toString in class Throwable
Returns:
a string representation of this CertPathBuilderException

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace()
Prints a stack trace to System.err, including the backtrace of the cause, if any.

Overrides:
printStackTrace in class Throwable

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(PrintStream ps)
Prints a stack trace to a PrintStream, including the backtrace of the cause, if any.

Overrides:
printStackTrace in class Throwable
Parameters:
ps - the PrintStream to use for output

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(PrintWriter pw)
Prints a stack trace to a PrintWriter, including the backtrace of the cause, if any.

Overrides:
printStackTrace in class Throwable
Parameters:
pw - the PrintWriter to use for output

JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.2

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