old-autovect-branch/libjava/classpath/java/lang/SecurityException.java

   1 /* SecurityException.java -- thrown to indicate a security violation
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  37
  38
  39 package java.lang;
  40
  41 /**
  42  * The security manager will throw this exception to indicate a security
  43  * violation.  This can occur any time an operation is attempted which is
  44  * deemed unsafe by the current security policies.
  45  *
  46  * @author Brian Jones
  47  * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com)
  48  * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
  49  * @see SecurityManager
  50  * @status updated to 1.5
  51  */
  52 public class SecurityException extends RuntimeException
  53 {
  54   /**
  55    * Compatible with JDK 1.0+.
  56    */
  57   private static final long serialVersionUID = 6878364983674394167L;
  58
  59   /**
  60    * Create an exception without a message.
  61    */
  62   public SecurityException()
  63   {
  64   }
  65
  66   /**
  67    * Create an exception with a message.
  68    *
  69    * @param s the message
  70    */
  71   public SecurityException(String s)
  72   {
  73     super(s);
  74   }
  75
  76   /**
  77    * <p>
  78    * Constructs a <code>SecurityException</code> using
  79    * the specified error message, which should give further details
  80    * as to the reason for this exception.  The specified cause
  81    * <code>Throwable</code> may be used to provide additional history,
  82    * with regards to the root of the problem.  It is perfectly valid
  83    * for this to be null, if the cause of the problem is unknown.
  84    * </p>
  85    * <p>
  86    * <strong>Note</strong>: the detail message from the cause is not
  87    * automatically incorporated into the resulting detail message of
  88    * this exception.
  89    * </p>
  90    *
  91    * @param message the detail message, which should give the reason for
  92    *                this exception being thrown.
  93    * @param cause the cause of this exception, or null if the cause
  94    *              is unknown.
  95    * @since 1.5
  96    */
  97   public SecurityException(String message, Throwable cause)
  98   {
  99     super(message, cause);
 100   }
 101
 102   /**
 103    * <p>
 104    * Constructs a <code>SecurityException</code> using
 105    * the specified cause <code>Throwable</code>, which may be used
 106    * to provide additional history, with regards to the root of the
 107    * problem.  It is perfectly valid for this to be null, if the
 108    * cause of the problem is unknown.
 109    * </p>
 110    * <p>
 111    * The detail message is automatically constructed from the detail
 112    * message of the supplied causal exception.  If the cause is null,
 113    * then the detail message will also be null.  Otherwise, the detail
 114    * message of this exception will be that of the causal exception.
 115    * This makes this constructor very useful for simply wrapping another
 116    * exception.
 117    * </p>
 118    *
 119    * @param cause the cause of this exception, or null if the cause
 120    *              is unknown.
 121    * @since 1.5
 122    */
 123   public SecurityException(Throwable cause)
 124   {
 125     super(cause);
 126   }
 127
 128 }