GeneralSecurityException

extends Exception

java.lang.Object
↳	java.lang.Throwable
	↳	java.lang.Exception
		↳	java.security.GeneralSecurityException

Known Direct Subclasses

BadPaddingException, CRLException, CertPathBuilderException, CertPathValidatorException, CertStoreException, CertificateException, DigestException, ExemptionMechanismException, IllegalBlockSizeException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException, InvalidKeySpecException, InvalidParameterSpecException, KeyException, KeyStoreException, LoginException, and 6 others.

BadPaddingException	The exception that is thrown when a padding mechanism is expected for the input data, but the input data does not have the proper padding bytes.
CRLException	The exception that is thrown if errors occur during handling of `CRL`s.
CertPathBuilderException	The exception that is thrown when a `CertPathBuilder` method fails.
CertPathValidatorException	The exception that is thrown when a certification path (or certificate chain) cannot be validated.
CertStoreException	The exception that is thrown when an access to a `CertStore` fails.
CertificateException	The base class for all `Certificate` related exceptions.
DigestException	`DigestException` is a general message digest exception.
ExemptionMechanismException	This is the base class for `ExemptionMechanismException`.
IllegalBlockSizeException	The exception, that is thrown when the data length provided to a block cipher does not match the block size of the cipher.
InvalidAlgorithmParameterException	`InvalidAlgorithmParameterException` indicates the occurrence of invalid algorithm parameters.
InvalidKeySpecException	The exception that is thrown when an invalid key specification is encountered.
InvalidParameterSpecException	The exception that is thrown when an invalid parameter specification is encountered.
KeyException	`KeyException` is the common superclass of all key related exceptions.
KeyStoreException	`KeyStoreException` is a general `KeyStore` exception.
LoginException	Base class for exceptions that are thrown when a login error occurs.
NoSuchAlgorithmException	`NoSuchAlgorithmException` indicates that a requested algorithm could not be found.
NoSuchPaddingException	The exception that is thrown when the requested padding mechanism is not supported.
NoSuchProviderException	`NoSuchProviderException` indicates that a requested security provider could not be found.
ShortBufferException	The exception that is thrown when the result of an operation is attempted to store in a user provided buffer that is too small.
SignatureException	`SignatureException` is a general `Signature` exception.
UnrecoverableEntryException	`UnrecoverableEntryException` indicates, that a `KeyStore.Entry` cannot be recovered from a `KeyStore`.

Known Indirect Subclasses

CertificateEncodingException, CertificateExpiredException, CertificateNotYetValidException, CertificateParsingException, InvalidKeyException, KeyManagementException, UnrecoverableKeyException

Class Overview

GeneralSecurityException is a general security exception and the superclass for all security specific exceptions.

Summary

Public Constructors
	GeneralSecurityException(String msg) Constructs a new instance of `GeneralSecurityException` with the given message.
	GeneralSecurityException() Constructs a new instance of `GeneralSecurityException`.
	GeneralSecurityException(String message, Throwable cause) Constructs a new instance of `GeneralSecurityException` with the given message and the cause.
	GeneralSecurityException(Throwable cause) Constructs a new instance of `GeneralSecurityException` with the cause.

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Inherited Methods

From class java.lang.Throwable

Throwable	fillInStackTrace() Records the stack trace from the point where this method has been called to this `Throwable`.
Throwable	getCause() Returns the cause of this `Throwable`, or `null` if there is no cause.
String	getLocalizedMessage() Returns the extra information message which was provided when this `Throwable` was created.
String	getMessage() Returns the extra information message which was provided when this `Throwable` was created.
StackTraceElement[]	getStackTrace() Returns the array of stack trace elements of this `Throwable`.
Throwable	initCause(Throwable throwable) Initializes the cause of this `Throwable`.
void	printStackTrace(PrintWriter err) Writes a printable representation of this `Throwable`'s stack trace to the specified print writer.
void	printStackTrace(PrintStream err) Writes a printable representation of this `Throwable`'s stack trace to the specified print stream.
void	printStackTrace() Writes a printable representation of this `Throwable`'s stack trace to the `System.err` stream.
void	setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] trace) Sets the array of stack trace elements.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this `Object`.
boolean	equals(Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of `Class` that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object.
final void	wait(long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.

Public Constructors

public GeneralSecurityException (String msg)

Since: API Level 1

Constructs a new instance of GeneralSecurityException with the given message.

Parameters

msg	the detail message for this exception.

public GeneralSecurityException ()

Since: API Level 1

Constructs a new instance of GeneralSecurityException.

public GeneralSecurityException (String message, Throwable cause)

Since: API Level 1

Constructs a new instance of GeneralSecurityException with the given message and the cause.

Parameters

message	the detail message for this exception.
cause	the exception which is the cause for this exception.

public GeneralSecurityException (Throwable cause)

Since: API Level 1

Constructs a new instance of GeneralSecurityException with the cause.

Parameters

cause	the exception which is the cause for this exception.

Results

Interfaces

Classes

Enums

Exceptions

GeneralSecurityException

Class Overview

Summary

Public Constructors

public GeneralSecurityException (String msg)

Parameters

public GeneralSecurityException ()

public GeneralSecurityException (String message, Throwable cause)

Parameters

public GeneralSecurityException (Throwable cause)

Parameters