GeneralSecurityException

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	The exception that is thrown when a padding mechanism is expected for the input data, but the input data does not have the proper padding bytes.
CRLException	The exception that is thrown if errors occur during handling of `CRL`s.
CertPathBuilderException	The exception that is thrown when a `CertPathBuilder` method fails.
CertPathValidatorException	The exception that is thrown when a certification path (or certificate chain) cannot be validated.
CertStoreException	The exception that is thrown when an access to a `CertStore` fails.
CertificateException	The base class for all `Certificate` related exceptions.
DigestException	`DigestException` is a general message digest exception.
ExemptionMechanismException	This is the base class for `ExemptionMechanismException`.
IllegalBlockSizeException	The exception, that is thrown when the data length provided to a block cipher does not match the block size of the cipher.
InvalidAlgorithmParameterException	`InvalidAlgorithmParameterException` indicates the occurrence of invalid algorithm parameters.
InvalidKeySpecException	The exception that is thrown when an invalid key specification is encountered.
InvalidParameterSpecException	The exception that is thrown when an invalid parameter specification is encountered.
KeyException	`KeyException` is the common superclass of all key related exceptions.
KeyStoreException	`KeyStoreException` is a general `KeyStore` exception.
LoginException	Base class for exceptions that are thrown when a login error occurs.
NoSuchAlgorithmException	`NoSuchAlgorithmException` indicates that a requested algorithm could not be found.
NoSuchPaddingException	The exception that is thrown when the requested padding mechanism is not supported.
NoSuchProviderException	`NoSuchProviderException` indicates that a requested security provider could not be found.
ShortBufferException	The exception that is thrown when the result of an operation is attempted to store in a user provided buffer that is too small.
SignatureException	`SignatureException` is a general `Signature` exception.
UnrecoverableEntryException	`UnrecoverableEntryException` indicates, that a `KeyStore.Entry` cannot be recovered from a `KeyStore`.

Known Indirect Subclasses

CertificateEncodingException, CertificateExpiredException, CertificateNotYetValidException, CertificateParsingException, InvalidKeyException, KeyManagementException, UnrecoverableKeyException

Class Overview

GeneralSecurityException is a general security exception and the superclass for all security specific exceptions.

Summary

Public Constructors
	GeneralSecurityException(String msg) Constructs a new instance of `GeneralSecurityException` with the given message.
	GeneralSecurityException() Constructs a new instance of `GeneralSecurityException`.
	GeneralSecurityException(String message, Throwable cause) Constructs a new instance of `GeneralSecurityException` with the given message and the cause.
	GeneralSecurityException(Throwable cause) Constructs a new instance of `GeneralSecurityException` with the cause.