AuthenticationException (Java EE 8)

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Throwable
- - java.lang.Exception
  - - java.security.GeneralSecurityException
    - - javax.security.enterprise.AuthenticationException

```
public class AuthenticationException
extends java.security.GeneralSecurityException
```
A generic authentication exception. This exception corresponds to the JASPIC (JSR 196) AuthException in that whenever a method from the HttpAuthenticationMechanism throws this exception, the JASPIC bridge has to throw an AuthException back to the JASPIC runtime wrapping this exception.

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Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

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

Method Summary
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
  addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

- Constructor Detail
  - AuthenticationException
```
public AuthenticationException()
```
    Constructs a new AuthenticationException exception with null as its detail message.
  - AuthenticationException
```
public AuthenticationException(java.lang.String message)
```
    Constructs a new AuthenticationException exception with the specified detail message.
    
    Parameters:
    
    message - the detail message.
  - AuthenticationException
```
public AuthenticationException(java.lang.String message,
                               java.lang.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(java.lang.Throwable cause)
```
    Constructs a new AuthenticationException exception with the specified cause.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cause - the cause.