[Bug crypto/28678] Misleading error message from gnu.java.security.Engine

[raif at swiftdsl dot com dot au]

------- Comment #4 from raif at swiftdsl dot com dot au  2006-08-10 18:56 
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hello Edwin,

the gnu.java.security.Engine#getInstance()'s message is only a part of the
chain of finding an implementation of a given algorithm.  effectively, the
lookup for an implementation of a designated algorithm, will query _all_ the
installed security providers for an implementation of that algorithm.  if there
are N providers, there may be cases where N such NoSuchAlgorithmExceptions
(with the error message form you indicated) are thrown, and caught by a higher
level class, before an ultimate NoSuchAlgorithmException with just the name of
the desired algorithm is raised.

what do you think is a better way for handling this situation?


cheers;


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raif at swiftdsl dot com dot au changed:

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28678