'How can I pass only Exceptions from my Java Library to the implementing application?

According to the Gradle Documentation you can include a dependency as "API" meaning it will be passed on to the application implementing it's class path. Is there a way to pass only an individual class/exception instead of the entire dependency?

Example

In Library A (written by me) I am using Open SAML Core. The Class CoolClass in the library throws Exception B (from Open SAML Core). The build.gradle file includes:

dependencies {
    implementation group: 'org.opensaml', name: 'opensaml-core', version: "24.0.2"

In Java Application C, I am implementing Library A. If I use CoolClass in my application, then gradle build gives me the following error:

/ApplicationC/src/main/java/com/sorry/CoolClass.java:10: error: cannot access ExceptionB
                                           .someMethod();
                                                       ^
  class file for org.opensaml.core.xml.io.ExceptionB not found

Is there a way to pass just that exception rather than including the entire library in the class path of my application?

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