javax.security.sasl
Class AuthenticationException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.io.IOException
              javax.security.sasl.SaslException
                  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()