# SSLHandshakeException
Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)
Summary: [Ctors](https://developer.android.com/reference/javax/net/ssl/SSLHandshakeException#pubctors) \| [Inherited Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/javax/net/ssl/SSLHandshakeException#inhmethods)
# SSLHandshakeException
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extends `[SSLException](https://developer.android.com/reference/javax/net/ssl/SSLException)`
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| [java.lang.Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object) ||||||
| ↳ | [java.lang.Throwable](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable) |||||
| | ↳ | [java.lang.Exception](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Exception) ||||
| | | ↳ | [java.io.IOException](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/io/IOException) |||
| | | | ↳ | [javax.net.ssl.SSLException](https://developer.android.com/reference/javax/net/ssl/SSLException) ||
| | | | | ↳ | javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException |
*** ** * ** ***
Indicates that the client and server could not negotiate the
desired level of security. The connection is no longer usable.
## Summary
| ### Public constructors ||
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| ` `[SSLHandshakeException](https://developer.android.com/reference/javax/net/ssl/SSLHandshakeException#SSLHandshakeException(java.lang.String))`(`[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String)` reason) ` Constructs an exception reporting an error found by an SSL subsystem during handshaking. |
| ### Inherited methods |
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| From class ` `[java.lang.Throwable](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable)` ` |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` final void` | ` `[addSuppressed](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#addSuppressed(java.lang.Throwable))`(`[Throwable](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable)` exception) ` Appends the specified exception to the exceptions that were suppressed in order to deliver this exception. | | ` `[Throwable](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable) | ` `[fillInStackTrace](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#fillInStackTrace())`() ` Fills in the execution stack trace. | | ` `[Throwable](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable) | ` `[getCause](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#getCause())`() ` Returns the cause of this throwable or `null` if the cause is nonexistent or unknown. | | ` `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String) | ` `[getLocalizedMessage](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#getLocalizedMessage())`() ` Creates a localized description of this throwable. | | ` `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String) | ` `[getMessage](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#getMessage())`() ` Returns the detail message string of this throwable. | | ` `[StackTraceElement[]](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/StackTraceElement) | ` `[getStackTrace](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#getStackTrace())`() ` Provides programmatic access to the stack trace information printed by [printStackTrace()](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#printStackTrace()). | | ` final `[Throwable[]](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable) | ` `[getSuppressed](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#getSuppressed())`() ` Returns an array containing all of the exceptions that were suppressed, typically by the `try`-with-resources statement, in order to deliver this exception. | | ` `[Throwable](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable) | ` `[initCause](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#initCause(java.lang.Throwable))`(`[Throwable](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable)` cause) ` Initializes the *cause* of this throwable to the specified value. | | ` void` | ` `[printStackTrace](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#printStackTrace())`() ` Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the standard error stream. | | ` void` | ` `[printStackTrace](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter))`(`[PrintWriter](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/io/PrintWriter)` s) ` Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print writer. | | ` void` | ` `[printStackTrace](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream))`(`[PrintStream](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/io/PrintStream)` s) ` Prints this throwable and its backtrace to the specified print stream. | | ` void` | ` `[setStackTrace](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#setStackTrace(java.lang.StackTraceElement[]))`(`[StackTraceElement[]](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/StackTraceElement)` stackTrace) ` Sets the stack trace elements that will be returned by [getStackTrace()](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#getStackTrace()) and printed by [printStackTrace()](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#printStackTrace()) and related methods. | | ` `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String) | ` `[toString](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Throwable#toString())`() ` Returns a short description of this throwable. | ||
| From class ` `[java.lang.Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)` ` |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` `[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object) | ` `[clone](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#clone())`() ` Creates and returns a copy of this object. | | ` boolean` | ` `[equals](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#equals(java.lang.Object))`(`[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)` obj) ` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. | | ` void` | ` `[finalize](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#finalize())`() ` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. | | ` final `[Class](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class)`` | ` `[getClass](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#getClass())`() ` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`. | | ` int` | ` `[hashCode](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#hashCode())`() ` Returns a hash code value for the object. | | ` final void` | ` `[notify](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notify())`() ` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. | | ` final void` | ` `[notifyAll](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notifyAll())`() ` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. | | ` `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String) | ` `[toString](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#toString())`() ` Returns a string representation of the object. | | ` final void` | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long,%20int))`(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being *notified* or *interrupted*, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. | | ` final void` | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long))`(long timeoutMillis) ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being *notified* or *interrupted*, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. | | ` final void` | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait())`() ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being *notified* or *interrupted*. | ||
## Public constructors
### SSLHandshakeException
Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)
```
public SSLHandshakeException (String reason)
```
Constructs an exception reporting an error found by
an SSL subsystem during handshaking.
| Parameters ||
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| `reason` | `String`: describes the problem.
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