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25
26 package java.security.cert;
27
28 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
29
30 /**
31 * An exception indicating one of a variety of problems encountered when
32 * building a certification path with a <code>CertPathBuilder</code>.
33 * <p>
34 * A <code>CertPathBuilderException</code> provides support for wrapping
35 * exceptions. The {@link #getCause getCause} method returns the throwable,
36 * if any, that caused this exception to be thrown.
37 * <p>
38 * <b>Concurrent Access</b>
39 * <p>
40 * Unless otherwise specified, the methods defined in this class are not
41 * thread-safe. Multiple threads that need to access a single
42 * object concurrently should synchronize amongst themselves and
43 * provide the necessary locking. Multiple threads each manipulating
44 * separate objects need not synchronize.
45 *
46 * @see CertPathBuilder
47 *
48 * @since 1.4
49 * @author Sean Mullan
50 */
51 public class CertPathBuilderException extends GeneralSecurityException {
52
53 private static final long serialVersionUID = 5316471420178794402L;
54
55 /**
56 * Creates a <code>CertPathBuilderException</code> with <code>null</code>
57 * as its detail message.
58 */
59 public CertPathBuilderException() {
60 super();
61 }
62
63 /**
64 * Creates a <code>CertPathBuilderException</code> with the given
65 * detail message. The detail message is a <code>String</code> that
66 * describes this particular exception in more detail.
67 *
68 * @param msg the detail message
69 */
70 public CertPathBuilderException(String msg) {
71 super(msg);
72 }
73
74 /**
75 * Creates a <code>CertPathBuilderException</code> that wraps the specified
76 * throwable. This allows any exception to be converted into a
77 * <code>CertPathBuilderException</code>, while retaining information
78 * about the wrapped exception, which may be useful for debugging. The
79 * detail message is set to (<code>cause==null ? null : cause.toString()
80 * </code>) (which typically contains the class and detail message of
81 * cause).
82 *
83 * @param cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
84 * {@link #getCause getCause()} method). (A <code>null</code> value is
85 * permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
86 */
87 public CertPathBuilderException(Throwable cause) {
88 super(cause);
89 }
90
91 /**
92 * Creates a <code>CertPathBuilderException</code> with the specified
93 * detail message and cause.
94 *
95 * @param msg the detail message
96 * @param cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
97 * {@link #getCause getCause()} method). (A <code>null</code> value is
98 * permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
99 */
100 public CertPathBuilderException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
101 super(msg, cause);
102 }
103
104 }
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