AuthenticationException (Apache Shiro :: Core 1.7.1 API)

- - - - org.apache.shiro.ShiroException
      - org.apache.shiro.authc.AuthenticationException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Direct Known Subclasses:

AccountException, CredentialsException, ShortCircuitIterationException, UnsupportedTokenException
```
public class AuthenticationException
extends org.apache.shiro.ShiroException
```
General exception thrown due to an error during the Authentication process.

Since:

0.1

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`AuthenticationException()`	Creates a new AuthenticationException.
`message)`	Constructs a new AuthenticationException.
`message, cause)`	Constructs a new AuthenticationException.
`cause)`	Constructs a new AuthenticationException.

Method Summary
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- Constructor Detail
  - AuthenticationException
```
public AuthenticationException()
```
    Creates a new AuthenticationException.
  - AuthenticationException
```
public AuthenticationException( message)
```
    Constructs a new AuthenticationException.
    
    Parameters:
    
    message - the reason for the exception
  - AuthenticationException
```
public AuthenticationException( cause)
```
    Constructs a new AuthenticationException.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cause - the underlying Throwable that caused this exception to be thrown.
  - AuthenticationException
```
public AuthenticationException( message,
                                cause)
```
    Constructs a new AuthenticationException.
    
    Parameters:
    
    message - the reason for the exception
    
    cause - the underlying Throwable that caused this exception to be thrown.