This subclass of java.lang.IllegalArgumentException signals that a parameter passed to a security method is not valid. This exception type is not widely used.

Figure 14-16. java.security.InvalidParameterException

public class InvalidParameterException extends IllegalArgumentException {
// Public Constructors
     public InvalidParameterException( );  
     public InvalidParameterException(String msg);  
}

Thrown By

Signature.{getParameter( ), setParameter( )}, SignatureSpi.{engineGetParameter( ), engineSetParameter( )}, Signer.setKeyPair( ), java.security.interfaces.DSAKeyPairGenerator.initialize( )