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+/*
+ * Copyright 1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.naming;
+
+/**
+  * This exception is thrown when an authentication error occurs while
+  * accessing the naming or directory service.
+  * An authentication error can happen, for example, when the credentials
+  * supplied by the user program is invalid or otherwise fails to
+  * authenticate the user to the naming/directory service.
+  *<p>
+  * If the program wants to handle this exception in particular, it
+  * should catch AuthenticationException explicitly before attempting to
+  * catch NamingException. After catching AuthenticationException, the
+  * program could reattempt the authentication by updating
+  * the resolved context's environment properties with the appropriate
+  * appropriate credentials.
+  * <p>
+  * Synchronization and serialization issues that apply to NamingException
+  * apply directly here.
+  *
+  * @author Rosanna Lee
+  * @author Scott Seligman
+  * @since 1.3
+  */
+
+public class AuthenticationException extends NamingSecurityException {
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new instance of AuthenticationException using the
+     * explanation supplied. All other fields default to null.
+     *
+     * @param   explanation     A possibly null string containing
+     *                          additional detail about this exception.
+     * @see java.lang.Throwable#getMessage
+     */
+    public AuthenticationException(String explanation) {
+        super(explanation);
+    }
+
+    /**
+      * Constructs a new instance of AuthenticationException.
+      * All fields are set to null.
+      */
+    public AuthenticationException() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Use serialVersionUID from JNDI 1.1.1 for interoperability
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3678497619904568096L;
+}