Package jakarta.security.enterprise

Class AuthenticationException

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Exception

java.security.GeneralSecurityException

jakarta.security.enterprise.AuthenticationException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class AuthenticationException
extends GeneralSecurityException

A generic authentication exception. This exception corresponds to the Jakarta Authentication AuthException in that whenever a method from the HttpAuthenticationMechanism throws this exception, the Jakarta Authentication bridge has to throw an AuthException back to the Jakarta Authentication runtime wrapping this exception.

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AuthenticationException()	Constructs a new AuthenticationException exception with null as its detail message.
AuthenticationException(String message)	Constructs a new AuthenticationException exception with the specified detail message.
AuthenticationException(String message, Throwable cause)	Constructs a new AuthenticationException exception with the specified detail message and cause.
AuthenticationException(Throwable cause)	Constructs a new AuthenticationException exception with the specified cause.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

AuthenticationException

public AuthenticationException()

Constructs a new AuthenticationException exception with null as its detail message.

AuthenticationException

public AuthenticationException(String message)

Constructs a new AuthenticationException exception with the specified detail message.

Parameters:

message - the detail message.

AuthenticationException

public AuthenticationException(String message,
 Throwable cause)

Constructs a new AuthenticationException exception with the specified detail message and cause.

Parameters:

message - the detail message.

cause - the cause.

AuthenticationException

public AuthenticationException(Throwable cause)

Constructs a new AuthenticationException exception with the specified cause.

Parameters:

cause - the cause.