Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition

Name

CertPathValidatorException

Synopsis

Signals a problem while validating a certificate chain with a CertPathValidator. getCertPath( ) returns the CertPath object that was being validated, and getIndex( ) returns the index within the path of the certificate that caused the exception (or -1 if that information is not available).

Figure 14-57. java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException

public class CertPathValidatorException 
        extends java.security.GeneralSecurityException {
// Public Constructors
     public CertPathValidatorException( );  
     public CertPathValidatorException(Throwable cause);  
     public CertPathValidatorException(String msg);  
     public CertPathValidatorException(String msg, Throwable cause);  
     public CertPathValidatorException(String msg, Throwable cause, 
        CertPath certPath, int index);  
// Public Instance Methods
     public CertPath getCertPath( );                       default:null
     public int getIndex( );                               default:-1
}

Thrown By

CertPathValidator.validate( ), CertPathValidatorSpi.engineValidate( ), PKIXCertPathChecker.{check( ), init( )}