JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

javax.security.sasl
Class AuthenticationException

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Throwable
      extended by java.lang.Exception
          extended by java.io.IOException
              extended by javax.security.sasl.SaslException
                  extended by javax.security.sasl.AuthenticationException
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public class AuthenticationException
extends SaslException

This exception is thrown by a SASL mechanism implementation to indicate that the SASL exchange has failed due to reasons related to authentication, such as an invalid identity, passphrase, or key.

Note that the lack of an AuthenticationException does not mean that the failure was not due to an authentication error. A SASL mechanism implementation might throw the more general SaslException instead of AuthenticationException if it is unable to determine the nature of the failure, or if does not want to disclose the nature of the failure, for example, due to security reasons.

Since:
1.5
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
AuthenticationException()
          Constructs a new instance of AuthenticationException.
AuthenticationException(String detail)
          Constructs a new instance of AuthenticationException with a detailed message.
AuthenticationException(String detail, Throwable ex)
          Constructs a new instance of AuthenticationException with a detailed message and a root exception.
 
Method Summary
 
Methods inherited from class javax.security.sasl.SaslException
getCause, initCause, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationException

public AuthenticationException()
Constructs a new instance of AuthenticationException. The root exception and the detailed message are null.


AuthenticationException

public AuthenticationException(String detail)
Constructs a new instance of AuthenticationException with a detailed message. The root exception is null.

Parameters:
detail - A possibly null string containing details of the exception.
See Also:
Throwable.getMessage()

AuthenticationException

public AuthenticationException(String detail,
                               Throwable ex)
Constructs a new instance of AuthenticationException with a detailed message and a root exception.

Parameters:
detail - A possibly null string containing details of the exception.
ex - A possibly null root exception that caused this exception.
See Also:
Throwable.getMessage(), SaslException.getCause()

JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

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