javax.security.sasl

Class AuthenticationException

  1. java.lang.Object
  2. extended byjava.lang.Throwable
  3. extended byjava.lang.Exception
  4. extended byjava.io.IOException
  5. extended byjavax.security.sasl.SaslException
  6. extended byjavax.security.sasl.AuthenticationException
All implemented interfaces:
java.io.Serializable

  1. public class AuthenticationException
  2. 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
Author:
Rosanna Lee , Rob Weltman
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructor and Description
AuthenticationException()
Constructs a new instance of AuthenticationException.
AuthenticationException(java.lang.String detail)
Constructs a new instance of AuthenticationException with a detailed message.
AuthenticationException(java.lang.String detail,java.lang.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

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

AuthenticationException

  1. public AuthenticationException( java.lang.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

  1. public AuthenticationException( java.lang.String detail,
  2. java.lang.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()