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Posted to rpc-dev@xml.apache.org by dl...@apache.org on 2002/08/21 11:07:29 UTC

cvs commit: xml-rpc/src/java/org/apache/xmlrpc AuthenticationFailed.java

dlr         2002/08/21 02:07:28

  Added:       src/java/org/apache/xmlrpc AuthenticationFailed.java
  Log:
  An interface used to mark authentication failures.  For instance, a
  class might implement this interface and sub-class
  java.security.acl.AclNotFoundException to indicate that a user does
  not exist, providing an appropriate message via the getMessage() API.
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.1                  xml-rpc/src/java/org/apache/xmlrpc/AuthenticationFailed.java
  
  Index: AuthenticationFailed.java
  ===================================================================
  package org.apache.xmlrpc;
  
  /*
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  /**
   * An interface used to mark authentication failures.  For instance, a
   * class might implement this interface and sub-class
   * <code>java.security.acl.AclNotFoundException</code> to indicate
   * that a user does not exist, providing an appropriate message via
   * the {@link #getMessage()} API.
   *
   * @author <a href="mailto:dlr@finemaltcoding.com">Daniel Rall</a>
   * @see org.apache.xmlrpc.AuthenticatedXmlRpcHandler
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public interface AuthenticationFailed
  {
      /**
       * Describes why authentication failed.
       *
       * @return A text description of how the failure occurred.
       */
      public String getMessage();
  }