Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

java.security
Class ProviderException

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Throwable
      extended by java.lang.Exception
          extended by java.lang.RuntimeException
              extended by java.security.ProviderException
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public class ProviderException
extends RuntimeException

A runtime exception for Provider exceptions (such as misconfiguration errors or unrecoverable internal errors), which may be subclassed by Providers to throw specialized, provider-specific runtime errors.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
ProviderException()
          Constructs a ProviderException with no detail message.
ProviderException(String s)
          Constructs a ProviderException with the specified detail message.
ProviderException(String message, Throwable cause)
          Creates a ProviderException with the specified detail message and cause.
ProviderException(Throwable cause)
          Creates a ProviderException 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

ProviderException

public ProviderException()
Constructs a ProviderException with no detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.


ProviderException

public ProviderException(String s)
Constructs a ProviderException with the specified detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.

Parameters:
s - the detail message.

ProviderException

public ProviderException(String message,
                         Throwable cause)
Creates a ProviderException 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

ProviderException

public ProviderException(Throwable cause)
Creates a ProviderException 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

Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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