Module java.base

# Package javax.security.auth

package javax.security.auth
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).

Since:
  1.4

Related Packages
Module
Package
Description
java.base
javax.security.auth.callback
This package provides the classes necessary for services to interact with applications in order to retrieve information (authentication data including usernames or passwords, for example) or to display information (error and warning messages, for example).
java.security.jgss
javax.security.auth.kerberos
This package contains utility classes related to the Kerberos network authentication protocol.
java.base
javax.security.auth.login
This package provides a pluggable authentication framework.
java.base
javax.security.auth.spi
This package provides the interface to be used for implementing pluggable authentication modules.
java.base
javax.security.auth.x500
This package contains the classes that should be used to store X500 Principal and X500 Private Credentials in a Subject.
Class
Description
AuthPermission
This class is for authentication permissions.
Destroyable
Objects such as credentials may optionally implement this interface to provide the capability to destroy its contents.
DestroyFailedException
Signals that a `destroy` operation failed.
PrivateCredentialPermission
This class is used to protect access to private Credentials belonging to a particular `Subject`.
Refreshable
Objects such as credentials may optionally implement this interface to provide the capability to refresh itself.
RefreshFailedException
Signals that a `refresh` operation failed.
Subject
A `Subject` represents a grouping of related information for a single entity, such as a person.
SubjectDomainCombiner
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
This class is only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.