GSSException (Java Platform SE 8 )

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Throwable
- - java.lang.Exception
  - - org.ietf.jgss.GSSException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable
```
public class GSSException
extends Exception
```
This exception is thrown whenever a GSS-API error occurs, including any mechanism specific error. It may contain both the major and the minor GSS-API status codes. Major error codes are those defined at the GSS-API level in this class. Minor error codes are mechanism specific error codes that can provide additional information. The underlying mechanism implementation is responsible for setting appropriate minor status codes when throwing this exception. Aside from delivering the numeric error codes to the caller, this class performs the mapping from their numeric values to textual representations.

Since:

1.4

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static int`	`BAD_BINDINGS`	Channel bindings mismatch.
`static int`	`BAD_MECH`	Unsupported mechanism requested.
`static int`	`BAD_MIC`	Token had invalid integrity check.
`static int`	`BAD_NAME`	Invalid name provided.
`static int`	`BAD_NAMETYPE`	Name of unsupported type provided.
`static int`	`BAD_QOP`	Unsupported QOP value.
`static int`	`BAD_STATUS`	Invalid status code.
`static int`	`CONTEXT_EXPIRED`	Security context expired.
`static int`	`CREDENTIALS_EXPIRED`	Expired credentials.
`static int`	`DEFECTIVE_CREDENTIAL`	Defective credentials.
`static int`	`DEFECTIVE_TOKEN`	Defective token.
`static int`	`DUPLICATE_ELEMENT`	Duplicate credential element requested.
`static int`	`DUPLICATE_TOKEN`	The token was a duplicate of an earlier token.
`static int`	`FAILURE`	General failure, unspecified at GSS-API level.
`static int`	`GAP_TOKEN`	An expected per-message token was not received.
`static int`	`NAME_NOT_MN`	Name contains multi-mechanism elements.
`static int`	`NO_CONTEXT`	Invalid security context.
`static int`	`NO_CRED`	Invalid credentials.
`static int`	`OLD_TOKEN`	The token's validity period has expired.
`static int`	`UNAUTHORIZED`	Operation unauthorized.
`static int`	`UNAVAILABLE`	Operation unavailable.
`static int`	`UNSEQ_TOKEN`	A later token has already been processed.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`GSSException(int majorCode)`	Creates a GSSException object with a specified major code.
`GSSException(int majorCode, int minorCode, String minorString)`	Creates a GSSException object with the specified major code, minor code, and minor code textual explanation.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getMajor()`	Returns the GSS-API level major error code for the problem causing this exception to be thrown.
`String`	`getMajorString()`	Returns a string explaining the GSS-API level major error code in this exception.
`String`	`getMessage()`	Returns a textual representation of both the major and the minor status codes.
`int`	`getMinor()`	Returns the mechanism level error code for the problem causing this exception to be thrown.
`String`	`getMinorString()`	Returns a string explaining the mechanism specific error code.
`void`	`setMinor(int minorCode, String message)`	Used by the exception thrower to set the mechanism level minor error code and its string explanation.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a textual representation of both the major and the minor status codes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - BAD_BINDINGS
```
public static final int BAD_BINDINGS
```
    Channel bindings mismatch.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - BAD_MECH
```
public static final int BAD_MECH
```
    Unsupported mechanism requested.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - BAD_NAME
```
public static final int BAD_NAME
```
    Invalid name provided.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - BAD_NAMETYPE
```
public static final int BAD_NAMETYPE
```
    Name of unsupported type provided.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - BAD_STATUS
```
public static final int BAD_STATUS
```
    Invalid status code.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - BAD_MIC
```
public static final int BAD_MIC
```
    Token had invalid integrity check.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - CONTEXT_EXPIRED
```
public static final int CONTEXT_EXPIRED
```
    Security context expired.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - CREDENTIALS_EXPIRED
```
public static final int CREDENTIALS_EXPIRED
```
    Expired credentials.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - DEFECTIVE_CREDENTIAL
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public static final int DEFECTIVE_CREDENTIAL
```
    Defective credentials.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - DEFECTIVE_TOKEN
```
public static final int DEFECTIVE_TOKEN
```
    Defective token.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - FAILURE
```
public static final int FAILURE
```
    General failure, unspecified at GSS-API level.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - NO_CONTEXT
```
public static final int NO_CONTEXT
```
    Invalid security context.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - NO_CRED
```
public static final int NO_CRED
```
    Invalid credentials.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - BAD_QOP
```
public static final int BAD_QOP
```
    Unsupported QOP value.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - UNAUTHORIZED
```
public static final int UNAUTHORIZED
```
    Operation unauthorized.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - UNAVAILABLE
```
public static final int UNAVAILABLE
```
    Operation unavailable.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - DUPLICATE_ELEMENT
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public static final int DUPLICATE_ELEMENT
```
    Duplicate credential element requested.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - NAME_NOT_MN
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public static final int NAME_NOT_MN
```
    Name contains multi-mechanism elements.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - DUPLICATE_TOKEN
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public static final int DUPLICATE_TOKEN
```
    The token was a duplicate of an earlier token. This is a fatal error code that may occur during context establishment. It is not used to indicate supplementary status values. The MessageProp object is used for that purpose.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - OLD_TOKEN
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public static final int OLD_TOKEN
```
    The token's validity period has expired. This is a fatal error code that may occur during context establishment. It is not used to indicate supplementary status values. The MessageProp object is used for that purpose.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - UNSEQ_TOKEN
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public static final int UNSEQ_TOKEN
```
    A later token has already been processed. This is a fatal error code that may occur during context establishment. It is not used to indicate supplementary status values. The MessageProp object is used for that purpose.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - GAP_TOKEN
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public static final int GAP_TOKEN
```
    An expected per-message token was not received. This is a fatal error code that may occur during context establishment. It is not used to indicate supplementary status values. The MessageProp object is used for that purpose.
    
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    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - GSSException
```
public GSSException(int majorCode)
```
    Creates a GSSException object with a specified major code.
    
    Parameters:
    
    majorCode - the The GSS error code for the problem causing this exception to be thrown.
  - GSSException
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public GSSException(int majorCode,
                    int minorCode,
                    String minorString)
```
    Creates a GSSException object with the specified major code, minor code, and minor code textual explanation. This constructor is to be used when the exception is originating from the underlying mechanism level. It allows the setting of both the GSS code and the mechanism code.
    
    Parameters:
    
    majorCode - the GSS error code for the problem causing this exception to be thrown.
    
    minorCode - the mechanism level error code for the problem causing this exception to be thrown.
    
    minorString - the textual explanation of the mechanism error code.
- Method Detail
  - getMajor
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public int getMajor()
```
    Returns the GSS-API level major error code for the problem causing this exception to be thrown. Major error codes are defined at the mechanism independent GSS-API level in this class. Mechanism specific error codes that might provide more information are set as the minor error code.
    
    Returns:
    
    int the GSS-API level major error code causing this exception
    
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    getMajorString(), getMinor(), getMinorString()
  - getMinor
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public int getMinor()
```
    Returns the mechanism level error code for the problem causing this exception to be thrown. The minor code is set by the underlying mechanism.
    
    Returns:
    
    int the mechanism error code; 0 indicates that it has not been set.
    
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    getMinorString(), setMinor(int, java.lang.String)
  - getMajorString
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public String getMajorString()
```
    Returns a string explaining the GSS-API level major error code in this exception.
    
    Returns:
    
    String explanation string for the major error code
    
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    getMajor(), toString()
  - getMinorString
```
public String getMinorString()
```
    Returns a string explaining the mechanism specific error code. If the minor status code is 0, then no mechanism level error details will be available.
    
    Returns:
    
    String a textual explanation of mechanism error code
    
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    getMinor(), getMajorString(), toString()
  - setMinor
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public void setMinor(int minorCode,
                     String message)
```
    Used by the exception thrower to set the mechanism level minor error code and its string explanation. This is used by mechanism providers to indicate error details.
    
    Parameters:
    
    minorCode - the mechanism specific error code
    
    message - textual explanation of the mechanism error code
    
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    getMinor()
  - toString
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public String toString()
```
    Returns a textual representation of both the major and the minor status codes.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Throwable
    
    Returns:
    
    a String with the error descriptions
  - getMessage
```
public String getMessage()
```
    Returns a textual representation of both the major and the minor status codes.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getMessage in class Throwable
    
    Returns:
    
    a String with the error descriptions

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Class GSSException

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

BAD_BINDINGS

BAD_MECH

BAD_NAME

BAD_NAMETYPE

BAD_STATUS

BAD_MIC

CONTEXT_EXPIRED

CREDENTIALS_EXPIRED

DEFECTIVE_CREDENTIAL

DEFECTIVE_TOKEN

FAILURE

NO_CONTEXT

NO_CRED

BAD_QOP

UNAUTHORIZED

UNAVAILABLE

DUPLICATE_ELEMENT

NAME_NOT_MN

DUPLICATE_TOKEN

OLD_TOKEN

UNSEQ_TOKEN

GAP_TOKEN

Constructor Detail

GSSException

GSSException

Method Detail

getMajor

getMinor

getMajorString

getMinorString

setMinor

toString

getMessage