GeneralSecurityException

public class 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	This exception is thrown when a particular padding mechanism is expected for the input data but the data is not padded properly.
CRLException	CRL (Certificate Revocation List) Exception.
CertPathBuilderException	An exception indicating one of a variety of problems encountered when building a certification path with a `CertPathBuilder`.
CertPathValidatorException	An exception indicating one of a variety of problems encountered when validating a certification path.
CertStoreException	An exception indicating one of a variety of problems retrieving certificates and CRLs from a `CertStore`.
CertificateException	This exception indicates one of a variety of certificate problems.
DigestException	This is the generic Message Digest exception.
ExemptionMechanismException	This is the generic ExemptionMechanism exception.
IllegalBlockSizeException	This exception is thrown when the length of data provided to a block cipher is incorrect, i.e., does not match the block size of the cipher.
InvalidAlgorithmParameterException	This is the exception for invalid or inappropriate algorithm parameters.
InvalidKeySpecException	This is the exception for invalid key specifications.
InvalidParameterSpecException	This is the exception for invalid parameter specifications.
KeyException	This is the basic key exception.
KeyStoreException	This is the generic KeyStore exception.
LoginException	This is the basic login exception.
NoSuchAlgorithmException	This exception is thrown when a particular cryptographic algorithm is requested but is not available in the environment.
NoSuchPaddingException	This exception is thrown when a particular padding mechanism is requested but is not available in the environment.
NoSuchProviderException	This exception is thrown when a particular security provider is requested but is not available in the environment.
ShortBufferException	This exception is thrown when an output buffer provided by the user is too short to hold the operation result.
SignatureException	This is the generic Signature exception.
UnrecoverableEntryException	This exception is thrown if an entry in the keystore cannot be recovered.

Known indirect subclasses

AEADBadTagException, CertificateEncodingException, CertificateExpiredException, CertificateNotYetValidException, CertificateParsingException, CertificateRevokedException, InvalidKeyException, KeyExpiredException, KeyManagementException, KeyNotYetValidException, KeyPermanentlyInvalidatedException, UnrecoverableKeyException, UserNotAuthenticatedException, UserPresenceUnavailableException

AEADBadTagException	This exception is thrown when a `Cipher` operating in an AEAD mode (such as GCM/CCM) is unable to verify the supplied authentication tag.
CertificateEncodingException	Certificate Encoding Exception.
CertificateExpiredException	Certificate Expired Exception.
CertificateNotYetValidException	Certificate is not yet valid exception.
CertificateParsingException	Certificate Parsing Exception.
CertificateRevokedException	An exception that indicates an X.509 certificate is revoked.
InvalidKeyException	This is the exception for invalid Keys (invalid encoding, wrong length, uninitialized, etc).
KeyExpiredException	Indicates that a cryptographic operation failed because the employed key's validity end date is in the past.
KeyManagementException	This is the general key management exception for all operations dealing with key management.
KeyNotYetValidException	Indicates that a cryptographic operation failed because the employed key's validity start date is in the future.
KeyPermanentlyInvalidatedException	Indicates that the key can no longer be used because it has been permanently invalidated.
UnrecoverableKeyException	This exception is thrown if a key in the keystore cannot be recovered.
UserNotAuthenticatedException	Indicates that a cryptographic operation could not be performed because the user has not been authenticated recently enough.
UserPresenceUnavailableException	Indicates the condition that a proof of user-presence was requested but this proof was not presented.

The GeneralSecurityException class is a generic security exception class that provides type safety for all the security-related exception classes that extend from it.

Summary

Public constructors
`GeneralSecurityException()` Constructs a GeneralSecurityException with no detail message.
`GeneralSecurityException(String msg)` Constructs a GeneralSecurityException with the specified detail message.
`GeneralSecurityException(String message, Throwable cause)` Creates a `GeneralSecurityException` with the specified detail message and cause.
`GeneralSecurityException(Throwable cause)` Creates a `GeneralSecurityException` with the specified cause and a detail message of `(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())` (which typically contains the class and detail message of `cause`).

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Throwable

`final void`	`addSuppressed(Throwable exception)` Appends the specified exception to the exceptions that were suppressed in order to deliver this exception.
`Throwable`	`fillInStackTrace()` Fills in the execution stack trace.
`Throwable`	`getCause()` Returns the cause of this throwable or `null` if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.
`String`	`getLocalizedMessage()` Creates a localized description of this throwable.
`String`	`getMessage()` Returns the detail message string of this throwable.
`StackTraceElement[]`	`getStackTrace()` Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by `printStackTrace()`.
`final Throwable[]`	`getSuppressed()` Returns an array containing all of the exceptions that were suppressed, typically by the `try`-with-resources statement, in order to deliver this exception.
`Throwable`	`initCause(Throwable cause)` Initializes the cause of this throwable to the specified value.
`void`	`printStackTrace()` Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the standard error stream.
`void`	`printStackTrace(PrintWriter s)` Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print writer.
`void`	`printStackTrace(PrintStream s)` Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print stream.
`void`	`setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] stackTrace)` Sets the stack trace elements that will be returned by `getStackTrace()` and printed by `printStackTrace()` and related methods.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a short description of this throwable.

From class java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

GeneralSecurityException

Added in API level 1

 public GeneralSecurityException ()

Constructs a GeneralSecurityException with no detail message.

GeneralSecurityException

Added in API level 1

 public GeneralSecurityException (String msg)

Constructs a GeneralSecurityException with the specified detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.

Parameters
`msg`	`String`: the detail message.

GeneralSecurityException

Added in API level 1

 public GeneralSecurityException (String message,                  Throwable cause)

Creates a GeneralSecurityException with the specified detail message and cause.

Parameters
`message`	`String`: the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the `Throwable.getMessage()` method).
`cause`	`Throwable`: 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.)

GeneralSecurityException

Added in API level 1

 public GeneralSecurityException (Throwable cause)

Creates a GeneralSecurityException 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`	`Throwable`: 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.)