javax.crypto
Class IllegalBlockSizeException

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Throwable
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        +--java.lang.Exception
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              +--java.security.GeneralSecurityException
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                    +--javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class IllegalBlockSizeException

extends GeneralSecurityException

Exception for any kind of block size violation.

Attention: This is not a SUN implementation!

This class has been developed by IAIK according to the documentation publically available.
For SUNīs documentation of this class see http://java.sun.com/security/JCE1.2/spec/apidoc/index.html

An IllegalBlockSizeException is thrown if the data to be processed by a block cipher is of a length that cannot be handled by that cipher. If, for instance, the length of an input data block to be processed by a DES cipher not equals 64 bit, an IllegalBlockSizeException will occur.

Version:

File Revision 13

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Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

IllegalBlockSizeException()
Default Constructor.

IllegalBlockSizeException(String msg)
Creates a IllegalBlockSizeException with a description string message as parameter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IllegalBlockSizeException

public IllegalBlockSizeException()

Default Constructor. Creates a IllegalBlockSizeException without any parameters for describing the exception.

IllegalBlockSizeException

public IllegalBlockSizeException(String msg)

Creates a IllegalBlockSizeException with a description string message as parameter.

Parameters:

msg - the string describing the exception