src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/PrivilegedActionException.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) 1998, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 *
 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
 *
 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
 * accompanied this code).
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 *
 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
 * questions.
 */

package java.security;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.ObjectStreamField;
import jdk.internal.access.SharedSecrets;

/**
 * This exception is thrown by
 * {@code doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)} and
 * {@code 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
 * {@code getException} method.  In effect, an
 * {@code PrivilegedActionException} is a "wrapper"
 * for an exception thrown by a privileged action.
 *
 * @since 1.2
 * @see PrivilegedExceptionAction
 * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)
 * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,AccessControlContext)
 */
public class PrivilegedActionException extends Exception {
    // use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.2.2 for interoperability
    @java.io.Serial
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4724086851538908602L;

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code PrivilegedActionException} "wrapping"
     * the specific Exception.
     *
     * @param exception The exception thrown
     */
    public PrivilegedActionException(Exception exception) {
        super(null, exception);  // Disallow initCause
    }

    /**
     * Returns the exception thrown by the computation that
     * resulted in this {@code PrivilegedActionException}.
     *
     * @apiNote
     * This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility.
     * The {@link Throwable#getCause()} method is now the preferred means of
     * obtaining this information.
     *
     * @return the exception thrown by the computation that
     *         resulted in this {@code PrivilegedActionException}.
     * @see PrivilegedExceptionAction
     * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)
     * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,
     *                                            AccessControlContext)
     */
    public Exception getException() {
        return (Exception)super.getCause();
    }

    public String toString() {
        String s = getClass().getName();
        Throwable cause = super.getCause();
        return (cause != null) ? (s + ": " + cause.toString()) : s;
    }


    /**
     * The exception thrown by the computation that resulted
     * in this {@code PrivilegedActionException}.
     *
     * @serialField exception Exception the thrown Exception
     */
    @java.io.Serial
    private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields = {
        new ObjectStreamField("exception", Exception.class)
    };

    /**
     * Reconstitutes the {@code PrivilegedActionException} instance from a
     * stream and initialize the cause properly when deserializing from an older
     * version.
     *
     * <p>The getException and getCause method returns the private "exception"
     * field in the older implementation and
     * {@code PrivilegedActionException::cause} was set to {@code null}.
     *
     * @param  s the {@code ObjectInputStream} from which data is read
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if a serialized class cannot be loaded
     */
    @java.io.Serial
    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        ObjectInputStream.GetField fields = s.readFields();
        Exception exception = (Exception) fields.get("exception", null);
        if (exception != null) {
            SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess().setCause(this, exception);
        }
    }

    /**
     * To maintain compatibility with older implementation, write a serial
     * "exception" field with the cause as the value.
     *
     * @param  out the {@code ObjectOutputStream} to which data is written
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    @java.io.Serial
    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
        ObjectOutputStream.PutField fields = out.putFields();
        fields.put("exception", super.getCause());
        out.writeFields();
    }
}