SSLException (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• java.lang.Object

• • java.lang.Throwable
  • • java.lang.Exception
      • • java.io.IOException
          * * 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

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  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 ofcause).

  • Method Summary

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• • Constructor Detail

     * #### SSLException  
     public SSLException([String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") reason)  
     Constructs an exception reporting an error found by an SSL subsystem.  
     Parameters:  
     `reason` \- describes the problem.  
     * #### SSLException  
     public SSLException([String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") message,  
                         [Throwable](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang") 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()](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getMessage--) method).  
     `cause` \- the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the[Throwable.getCause()](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getCause--) method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)  
     Since:  
     1.5  
     * #### SSLException  
     public SSLException([Throwable](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html "class in java.lang") 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()](../../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getCause--) method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)  
     Since:  
     1.5

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