Class PrivilegedActionException

java.security.PrivilegedActionException

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable

public class PrivilegedActionException extends Exception

This exception is thrown by doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction) and

doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,
 AccessControlContext context)

to indicate that the action being performed threw a checked exception. The exception thrown by the action can be obtained by calling the getException method. In effect, an PrivilegedActionException is a "wrapper" for an exception thrown by a privileged action.

Since:

1.2

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Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`PrivilegedActionException(Exception exception)`	Constructs a new PrivilegedActionException "wrapping" the specific Exception.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Exception`	`getException()`	Returns the exception thrown by the privileged computation that resulted in this `PrivilegedActionException`.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Throwable

addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PrivilegedActionException

public PrivilegedActionException(Exception exception)

Constructs a new PrivilegedActionException "wrapping" the specific Exception.

Parameters:: exception - The exception thrown

Method Details

getException

public Exception getException()

Returns the exception thrown by the privileged computation that resulted in this PrivilegedActionException.

API Note:

This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility. The Throwable.getCause() method is now the preferred means of obtaining this information.

Returns:

the exception thrown by the privileged computation that resulted in this PrivilegedActionException.

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