javax.security.sasl
Class SaslException

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Throwable
      extended by java.lang.Exception
          extended by java.io.IOException
              extended by javax.security.sasl.SaslException
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
AuthenticationException

public class SaslException
extends java.io.IOException

This class represents an error that has occurred when using SASL.

Since:
1.5
Author:
Rosanna Lee, Rob Weltman
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
SaslException()
          Constructs a new instance of SaslException.
SaslException(java.lang.String detail)
          Constructs a new instance of SaslException with a detailed message.
SaslException(java.lang.String detail, java.lang.Throwable ex)
          Constructs a new instance of SaslException with a detailed message and a root exception.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.Throwable getCause()
           
 java.lang.Throwable initCause(java.lang.Throwable cause)
           
 java.lang.String toString()
          Returns the string representation of this exception.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

SaslException

public SaslException()
Constructs a new instance of SaslException. The root exception and the detailed message are null.


SaslException

public SaslException(java.lang.String detail)
Constructs a new instance of SaslException with a detailed message. The root exception is null.

Parameters:
detail - A possibly null string containing details of the exception.
See Also:
Throwable.getMessage()

SaslException

public SaslException(java.lang.String detail,
                     java.lang.Throwable ex)
Constructs a new instance of SaslException with a detailed message and a root exception. For example, a SaslException might result from a problem with the callback handler, which might throw a NoSuchCallbackException if it does not support the requested callback, or throw an IOException if it had problems obtaining data for the callback. The SaslException's root exception would be then be the exception thrown by the callback handler.

Parameters:
detail - A possibly null string containing details of the exception.
ex - A possibly null root exception that caused this exception.
See Also:
Throwable.getMessage(), getCause()
Method Detail

getCause

public java.lang.Throwable getCause()
Overrides:
getCause in class java.lang.Throwable

initCause

public java.lang.Throwable initCause(java.lang.Throwable cause)
Overrides:
initCause in class java.lang.Throwable

toString

public java.lang.String toString()
Returns the string representation of this exception. The string representation contains this exception's class name, its detailed messsage, and if it has a root exception, the string representation of the root exception. This string representation is meant for debugging and not meant to be interpreted programmatically.

Overrides:
toString in class java.lang.Throwable
Returns:
The non-null string representation of this exception.
See Also:
Throwable.getMessage()