java.security

Class PrivilegedActionException

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Exception

java.security.PrivilegedActionException

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class PrivilegedActionException
extends java.lang.Exception

This exception is thrown when an exception is thrown during a privileged action being performed with the AccessController.doPrivileged() method. It wraps the actual exception thrown in the privileged code.

See Also:

PrivilegedExceptionAction, AccessController.doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction), AccessController.doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction, AccessControlContext), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PrivilegedActionException(java.lang.Exception e) Create a new instance that wraps the specified Exception.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Throwable	getCause() Gets the cause of this exception.
java.lang.Exception	getException() Get the underlying Exception that caused this one.
java.lang.String	toString() Convert this to a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PrivilegedActionException

public PrivilegedActionException(java.lang.Exception e)

Create a new instance that wraps the specified Exception.

Parameters:

e - the Exception to wrap

Method Detail

getException

public java.lang.Exception getException()

Get the underlying Exception that caused this one. This is a legacy method, the preferred way is getCause().

Returns:

the cause

getCause

public java.lang.Throwable getCause()

Gets the cause of this exception.

Overrides:

getCause in class java.lang.Throwable

Returns:

the cause

Since:

1.4

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Convert this to a String.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Throwable

Returns:

the string representation

See Also:

Object.getClass(), Object.hashCode(), Class.getName(), Integer.toHexString(int)