Added in API level 1

SecurityException

public class SecurityException
extends RuntimeException

java.lang.Object
↳	java.lang.Throwable
	↳	java.lang.Exception
		↳	java.lang.RuntimeException
			↳	java.lang.SecurityException

Known direct subclasses

AccessControlException, AuthenticationRequiredException, RecoverableSecurityException

AccessControlException	This exception is thrown by the AccessController to indicate that a requested access (to a critical system resource such as the file system or the network) is denied.
AuthenticationRequiredException	Specialization of `SecurityException` that is thrown when authentication is needed from the end user before viewing the content.
RecoverableSecurityException	Specialization of `SecurityException` that contains additional information about how to involve the end user to recover from the exception.

Thrown by the security manager to indicate a security violation.

See also:

SecurityManager

Summary

Public constructors
`SecurityException()` Constructs a `SecurityException` with no detail message.
`SecurityException(String s)` Constructs a `SecurityException` with the specified detail message.
`SecurityException(String message, Throwable cause)` Creates a `SecurityException` with the specified detail message and cause.
`SecurityException(Throwable cause)` Creates a `SecurityException` with the specified cause and a detail message of `(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())` (which typically contains the class and detail message of `cause`).

Inherited methods

From class


        
          java.lang.Throwable

`final void`	`addSuppressed(Throwable exception)` Appends the specified exception to the exceptions that were suppressed in order to deliver this exception.
`Throwable`	`fillInStackTrace()` Fills in the execution stack trace.
`Throwable`	`getCause()` Returns the cause of this throwable or `null` if the cause is nonexistent or unknown.
`String`	`getLocalizedMessage()` Creates a localized description of this throwable.
`String`	`getMessage()` Returns the detail message string of this throwable.
`StackTraceElement[]`	`getStackTrace()` Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by `printStackTrace()`.
`final Throwable[]`	`getSuppressed()` Returns an array containing all of the exceptions that were suppressed, typically by the `try`-with-resources statement, in order to deliver this exception.
`Throwable`	`initCause(Throwable cause)` Initializes the cause of this throwable to the specified value.
`void`	`printStackTrace()` Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the standard error stream.
`void`	`printStackTrace(PrintWriter s)` Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print writer.
`void`	`printStackTrace(PrintStream s)` Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print stream.
`void`	`setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] stackTrace)` Sets the stack trace elements that will be returned by `getStackTrace()` and printed by `printStackTrace()` and related methods.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a short description of this throwable.

From class


        
          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

SecurityException

Added in API level 1

public SecurityException ()

Constructs a SecurityException with no detail message.

SecurityException

Added in API level 1

public SecurityException (String s)

Constructs a SecurityException with the specified detail message.

Parameters
`s`	`String`: the detail message.

SecurityException

Added in API level 1

public SecurityException (String message, 
                Throwable cause)

Creates a SecurityException with the specified detail message and cause.

Parameters
`message`	`String`: the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the `Throwable.getMessage()` method).
`cause`	`Throwable`: the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the `Throwable.getCause()` method). (A `null` value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

SecurityException

Added in API level 1

public SecurityException (Throwable cause)

Creates a SecurityException with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause).

Parameters
`cause`	`Throwable`: the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the `Throwable.getCause()` method). (A `null` value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

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SecurityException

Summary

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Inherited methods

Public constructors

SecurityException

SecurityException

SecurityException

SecurityException

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