This exception class is a wrapper around an arbitrary Exception thrown by a PrivilegedExceptionAction executed by the AccessController.doPrivileged( ) method. Use getException( ) to obtain the wrapped Exception object. Or, in Java 1.4 and later, use the more general getCause( ) method.

Figure 14-31. java.security.PrivilegedActionException

public class PrivilegedActionException extends Exception {
// Public Constructors
     public PrivilegedActionException(Exception exception);  
// Public Instance Methods
     public Exception getException( );  
// Public Methods Overriding Throwable
1.4  public Throwable getCause( );  
1.3  public String toString( );  
}

Thrown By

AccessController.doPrivileged( ), javax.security.auth.Subject.{doAs( ), doAsPrivileged( )}