Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

javax.security.cert
Class CertificateException

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Throwable
      extended by java.lang.Exception
          extended by javax.security.cert.CertificateException
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
CertificateEncodingException, CertificateExpiredException, CertificateNotYetValidException, CertificateParsingException

public class CertificateException
extends Exception

This exception indicates one of a variety of certificate problems.

Note: The classes in the package javax.security.cert exist for compatibility with earlier versions of the Java Secure Sockets Extension (JSSE). New applications should instead use the standard Java SE certificate classes located in java.security.cert.

Since:
1.4
See Also:
Certificate, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
CertificateException()
          Constructs a certificate exception with no detail message.
CertificateException(String msg)
          Constructs a certificate exception with the given detail message.
 
Method Summary
 
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

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.

Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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