/*
* @(#)AuthenticationException.java 1.8 05/11/17
*
* Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package javax.naming;
/**
* This exception is thrown when an authentication error occurs while
* accessing the naming or directory service.
* An authentication error can happen, for example, when the credentials
* supplied by the user program is invalid or otherwise fails to
* authenticate the user to the naming/directory service.
*<p>
* If the program wants to handle this exception in particular, it
* should catch AuthenticationException explicitly before attempting to
* catch NamingException. After catching AuthenticationException, the
* program could reattempt the authentication by updating
* the resolved context's environment properties with the appropriate
* appropriate credentials.
* <p>
* Synchronization and serialization issues that apply to NamingException
* apply directly here.
*
* @author Rosanna Lee
* @author Scott Seligman
* @version 1.8 05/11/17
* @since 1.3
*/
public class AuthenticationException extends NamingSecurityException {
/**
* Constructs a new instance of AuthenticationException using the
* explanation supplied. All other fields default to null.
*
* @param explanation A possibly null string containing
* additional detail about this exception.
* @see java.lang.Throwable#getMessage
*/
public AuthenticationException(String explanation) {
super(explanation);
}
/**
* Constructs a new instance of AuthenticationException.
* All fields are set to null.
*/
public AuthenticationException() {
super();
}
/**
* Use serialVersionUID from JNDI 1.1.1 for interoperability
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 3678497619904568096L;
}