Package javax.security.auth

This package provides a framework for authentication and authorization.

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Description

Interface Summary

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

AuthPermission	This class is for authentication permissions.
Policy	This is an abstract class for representing the system policy for Subject-based authorization.
PrivateCredentialPermission	This class is used to protect access to private Credentials belonging to a particular Subject.
Subject	A Subject represents a grouping of related information for a single entity, such as a person.
SubjectDomainCombiner	A SubjectDomainCombiner updates the ProtectionDomains affiliated with an AccessControlContext with the relevant Subject-based Permissions configured in the java.security.auth.Policy.

Exception Summary

DestroyFailedException	Signals that a destroy operation failed.
RefreshFailedException	Signals that a refresh 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).