Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition [Electronic resources]

Signals a problem while validating a certificate chain with a CertPathValidator. getCertPath( ) returns the CertPath object that was being validated, and getIndex( ) returns the index within the path of the certificate that caused the exception (or -1 if that information is not available).

public class 
CertPathValidatorException  
extends java.security.GeneralSecurityException {
// Public Constructors
public 
CertPathValidatorException ( );  
public 
CertPathValidatorException (Throwable 
cause );  
public 
CertPathValidatorException (String 
msg );  
public 
CertPathValidatorException (String 
msg , Throwable 
cause );  
public 
CertPathValidatorException (String 
msg , Throwable 
cause , 
CertPath 
certPath , int 
index );  
// Public Instance Methods
public CertPath 
getCertPath ( );                       default:null
public int 
getIndex ( );                               default:-1
}

Thrown By

CertPathValidator.validate( ), CertPathValidatorSpi.engineValidate( ), PKIXCertPathChecker.{check( ), init( )}