J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | /* |
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| 25 | |
| 26 | package javax.security.sasl; |
| 27 | |
| 28 | /** |
| 29 | * This exception is thrown by a SASL mechanism implementation |
| 30 | * to indicate that the SASL |
| 31 | * exchange has failed due to reasons related to authentication, such as |
| 32 | * an invalid identity, passphrase, or key. |
| 33 | * <p> |
| 34 | * Note that the lack of an AuthenticationException does not mean that |
| 35 | * the failure was not due to an authentication error. A SASL mechanism |
| 36 | * implementation might throw the more general SaslException instead of |
| 37 | * AuthenticationException if it is unable to determine the nature |
| 38 | * of the failure, or if does not want to disclose the nature of |
| 39 | * the failure, for example, due to security reasons. |
| 40 | * |
| 41 | * @since 1.5 |
| 42 | * |
| 43 | * @author Rosanna Lee |
| 44 | * @author Rob Weltman |
| 45 | */ |
| 46 | public class AuthenticationException extends SaslException { |
| 47 | /** |
| 48 | * Constructs a new instance of <tt>AuthenticationException</tt>. |
| 49 | * The root exception and the detailed message are null. |
| 50 | */ |
| 51 | public AuthenticationException () { |
| 52 | super(); |
| 53 | } |
| 54 | |
| 55 | /** |
| 56 | * Constructs a new instance of <tt>AuthenticationException</tt> |
| 57 | * with a detailed message. |
| 58 | * The root exception is null. |
| 59 | * @param detail A possibly null string containing details of the exception. |
| 60 | * |
| 61 | * @see java.lang.Throwable#getMessage |
| 62 | */ |
| 63 | public AuthenticationException (String detail) { |
| 64 | super(detail); |
| 65 | } |
| 66 | |
| 67 | /** |
| 68 | * Constructs a new instance of <tt>AuthenticationException</tt> with a detailed message |
| 69 | * and a root exception. |
| 70 | * |
| 71 | * @param detail A possibly null string containing details of the exception. |
| 72 | * @param ex A possibly null root exception that caused this exception. |
| 73 | * |
| 74 | * @see java.lang.Throwable#getMessage |
| 75 | * @see #getCause |
| 76 | */ |
| 77 | public AuthenticationException (String detail, Throwable ex) { |
| 78 | super(detail, ex); |
| 79 | } |
| 80 | |
| 81 | /** Use serialVersionUID from JSR 28 RI for interoperability */ |
| 82 | private static final long serialVersionUID = -3579708765071815007L; |
| 83 | } |