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Added in API level 1

InvalidKeyException

public class InvalidKeyException
extends KeyException

java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.lang.Throwable
     ↳ java.lang.Exception
       ↳ java.security.GeneralSecurityException
         ↳ java.security.KeyException
           ↳ java.security.InvalidKeyException


This is the exception for invalid Keys (invalid encoding, wrong length, uninitialized, etc).

Summary

Public constructors

InvalidKeyException()

Constructs an InvalidKeyException with no detail message.

InvalidKeyException(String msg)

Constructs an InvalidKeyException with the specified detail message.

InvalidKeyException(String message, Throwable cause)

Creates an InvalidKeyException with the specified detail message and cause.

InvalidKeyException(Throwable cause)

Creates an InvalidKeyException 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

Public constructors

InvalidKeyException

Added in API level 1
public InvalidKeyException ()

Constructs an InvalidKeyException with no detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.

InvalidKeyException

Added in API level 1
public InvalidKeyException (String msg)

Constructs an InvalidKeyException with the specified detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.

Parameters
msg String: the detail message.

InvalidKeyException

Added in API level 1
public InvalidKeyException (String message, 
                Throwable cause)

Creates an InvalidKeyException 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.)

InvalidKeyException

Added in API level 1
public InvalidKeyException (Throwable cause)

Creates an InvalidKeyException 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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Last updated 2026-08-03 UTC.

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