SSLException (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: javax.net.ssl.SSLException class
Date: 2026-03-16

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javax.net.ssl

## Class SSLException

- java.lang.Object
- - java.lang.Throwable
  - - java.lang.Exception
    - - java.io.IOException
      - - javax.net.ssl.SSLException

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    SSLHandshakeException, SSLKeyException, SSLPeerUnverifiedException, SSLProtocolException

      public class SSLException
      extends IOException

  Indicates some kind of error detected by an SSL subsystem. This class is the general class of exceptions produced by failed SSL-related operations.
  Since:
    1.4
  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `SSLException(String reason)` Constructs an exception reporting an error found by an SSL subsystem.
    `SSLException(String message, Throwable cause)` Creates a `SSLException` with the specified detail message and cause.
    `SSLException(Throwable cause)` Creates a `SSLException` with the specified cause and a detail message of `(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())` (which typically contains the class and detail message of `cause`).

  - ### Method Summary

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

      `addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### SSLException

          public SSLException(String reason)

      Constructs an exception reporting an error found by an SSL subsystem.
      Parameters:
        `reason` - describes the problem.

    - #### SSLException

          public SSLException(String message,
                              Throwable cause)

      Creates a `SSLException` with the specified detail message and cause.
      Parameters:
        `message` - the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the `Throwable.getMessage()` method).
        `cause` - 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.)
      Since:
        1.5

    - #### SSLException

          public SSLException(Throwable cause)

      Creates a `SSLException` 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` - 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.)
      Since:
        1.5

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