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package javax.security.sasl;

/**

 * 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.

 * <p>

 * 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

 *

 * @author Rosanna Lee

 * @author Rob Weltman

 */

public class AuthenticationException extends SaslException {

    /**

     * Constructs a new instance of {@code AuthenticationException}.

     * The root exception and the detailed message are null.

     */

    public AuthenticationException () {

        super();

    }

    /**

     * Constructs a new instance of {@code AuthenticationException}

     * with a detailed message.

     * The root exception is null.

     * @param detail A possibly null string containing details of the exception.

     *

     * @see java.lang.Throwable#getMessage

     */

    public AuthenticationException (String detail) {

        super(detail);

    }

    /**

     * Constructs a new instance of {@code AuthenticationException} with a detailed message

     * and a root exception.

     *

     * @param detail A possibly null string containing details of the exception.

     * @param ex A possibly null root exception that caused this exception.

     *

     * @see java.lang.Throwable#getMessage

     * @see #getCause

     */

    public AuthenticationException (String detail, Throwable ex) {

        super(detail, ex);

    }

    /** Use serialVersionUID from JSR 28 RI for interoperability */

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -3579708765071815007L;

}