JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

javax.net.ssl
Class SSLException

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Throwable
      extended by java.lang.Exception
          extended by java.io.IOException
              extended by 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:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
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 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

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

JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

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