Package javax.security.auth
This package provides a framework for authentication and authorization.
See: Description
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Interface Summary Interface Description Destroyable Objects such as credentials may optionally implement this interface to provide the capability to destroy its contents.Refreshable Objects such as credentials may optionally implement this interface to provide the capability to refresh itself. -
Class Summary Class Description AuthPermission This class is for authentication permissions.Policy Deprecated as of JDK version 1.4 -- Replaced by java.security.Policy.PrivateCredentialPermission This class is used to protect access to private Credentials belonging to a particularSubject
.Subject ASubject
represents a grouping of related information for a single entity, such as a person.SubjectDomainCombiner ASubjectDomainCombiner
updates ProtectionDomains with Principals from theSubject
associated with thisSubjectDomainCombiner
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Exception Summary Exception Description DestroyFailedException Signals that adestroy
operation failed.RefreshFailedException Signals that arefresh
operation failed.
Package javax.security.auth Description
This package provides a framework for authentication and authorization. The framework allows authentication to be performed in pluggable fashion. Different authentication modules can be plugged under an application without requiring modifications to the application itself. The authorization component allows specification of access controls based on code location, code signers and code executors (Subjects).
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- JDK1.4
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