Package jakarta.security.auth.message

Class AuthException

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Exception

java.security.GeneralSecurityException

javax.security.auth.login.LoginException

jakarta.security.auth.message.AuthException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class AuthException
extends LoginException

A generic authentication exception.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AuthException()	Constructs an AuthException with no detail message.
AuthException(String msg)	Constructs an AuthException with the specified detail message.
AuthException(String msg, Throwable cause)	Constructs an AuthException with the specified detail message and cause.
AuthException(Throwable cause)	Constructs an AuthException with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of 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 Detail

AuthException

public AuthException()

Constructs an AuthException with no detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.

AuthException

public AuthException(String msg)

Constructs an AuthException with the specified detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.

Parameters:

msg - The detail message.

AuthException

public AuthException(String msg,
                     Throwable cause)

Constructs an AuthException with the specified detail message and cause.

NOTE: Providing a cause could potentially disclose information about the security system to an outside party. Utter care should be taken that this is either not the case, or the exception is correctly handled to prevent this.

Parameters:

msg - The detail message.

cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

Since:

3.0

AuthException

public AuthException(Throwable cause)

Constructs an AuthException with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message of cause). *

NOTE: Providing a cause could potentially disclose information about the security system to an outside party. Utter care should be taken that this is either not the case, or the exception is correctly handled to prevent this.

Parameters:

cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

Since:

3.0