Module java.base
Package java.security

## Class PrivilegedActionException

- java.lang.Object
- - java.lang.Throwable
  - - java.lang.Exception
    - - java.security.PrivilegedActionException

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    `Serializable`

      public class PrivilegedActionException
      extends Exception

  This exception is thrown by `doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)` and `doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction, AccessControlContext context)` to indicate that the action being performed threw a checked exception. The exception thrown by the action can be obtained by calling the `getException` method. In effect, an `PrivilegedActionException` is a "wrapper" for an exception thrown by a privileged action.

  As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism. The "exception thrown by the privileged computation" that is provided at construction time and accessed via the `getException()` method is now known as the cause, and may be accessed via the `Throwable.getCause()` method, as well as the aforementioned "legacy method."

  Since:
    1.2
  See Also:
    `PrivilegedExceptionAction`, `AccessController.doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)`, `AccessController.doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,AccessControlContext)`, Serialized Form

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor | Description
    --- | ---
    `PrivilegedActionException​(Exception exception)` | Constructs a new PrivilegedActionException "wrapping" the specific Exception.

  - ### Method Summary

    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `Exception` | `getException()` | Returns the exception thrown by the privileged computation that resulted in this `PrivilegedActionException`.

    - ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Throwable

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

    - ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### PrivilegedActionException

          public PrivilegedActionException​(Exception exception)

      Constructs a new PrivilegedActionException "wrapping" the specific Exception.
      Parameters:
        `exception` - The exception thrown

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getException

          public Exception getException()

      Returns the exception thrown by the privileged computation that resulted in this `PrivilegedActionException`.

      This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility. The `Throwable.getCause()` method is now the preferred means of obtaining this information.

      Returns:
        the exception thrown by the privileged computation that resulted in this `PrivilegedActionException`.
      See Also:
        `PrivilegedExceptionAction`, `AccessController.doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)`, `AccessController.doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction, AccessControlContext)`