javacard.framework
Class CardRuntimeException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              javacard.framework.CardRuntimeException

Direct Known Subclasses:

APDUException, CryptoException, ISOException, PINException, SystemException, TransactionException

public class CardRuntimeException

extends RuntimeException

The CardRuntimeException class defines a field reason and two accessor methods getReason() and setReason(). The reason field encapsulates exception cause identifier in Java Card. All Java Card unchecked Exception classes should extend CardRuntimeException. This class also provides a resource-saving mechanism (throwIt() method) for using a JCRE owned instance of this class.

Constructor Summary

CardRuntimeException(short reason)
Construct a CardRuntimeException instance with the specified reason.

Method Summary

short	getReason() Get reason code
void	setReason(short reason) Set reason code
static void	throwIt(short reason) Throw the JCRE owned instance of the CardRuntimeException class with the specified reason.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals

Constructor Detail

CardRuntimeException

public CardRuntimeException(short reason)

Construct a CardRuntimeException instance with the specified reason. To conserve on resources, use throwIt() method to use the JCRE owned instance of this class.

Parameters:

reason - the reason for the exception

Method Detail

getReason

public short getReason()

Get reason code

Returns:

the reason for the exception

setReason

public void setReason(short reason)

Set reason code

Parameters:

reason - the reason for the exception

throwIt

public static void throwIt(short reason)
                    throws CardRuntimeException

Throw the JCRE owned instance of the CardRuntimeException class with the specified reason.

JCRE owned instances of exception classes are temporary JCRE Entry Point Objects and can be accessed from any applet context. References to these temporary objects cannot be stored in class variables or instance variables or array components. See Java Card Runtime Environment (JCRE) Specification, section 6.2.1 for details.

Parameters:

reason - the reason for the exception

Throws:

CardRuntimeException - always.