Uses of Package
javax.security.auth

Packages that use javax.security.auth

javax.security.auth	This package provides a framework for authentication and authorization.
javax.security.auth.kerberos	This package contains utility classes related to the Kerberos network authentication protocol.
javax.security.auth.login	This package provides a pluggable authentication framework.
javax.security.auth.spi	This package provides the interface to be used for implementing pluggable authentication modules.
javax.security.auth.x500	This package contains the classes that should be used to store X500 Principal and X500 Private Crendentials in a Subject.

Classes in javax.security.auth used by javax.security.auth

DestroyFailedException
Signals that a destroy operation failed.

Policy
Deprecated. as of JDK version 1.4 -- Replaced by java.security.Policy. java.security.Policy has a method:

 	public PermissionCollection getPermissions
  	    (java.security.ProtectionDomain pd)
 
 

and ProtectionDomain has a constructor:

	public ProtectionDomain
	    (CodeSource cs,
	     PermissionCollection permissions,
	     ClassLoader loader,
	     Principal[] principals)
 

These two APIs provide callers the means to query the Policy for Principal-based Permission entries.

RefreshFailedException
Signals that a refresh operation failed.

Subject
A Subject represents a grouping of related information for a single entity, such as a person.

Classes in javax.security.auth used by javax.security.auth.kerberos

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.

Refreshable
Objects such as credentials may optionally implement this interface to provide the capability to refresh itself.

RefreshFailedException
Signals that a refresh operation failed.

Classes in javax.security.auth used by javax.security.auth.login

Subject
A Subject represents a grouping of related information for a single entity, such as a person.

Classes in javax.security.auth used by javax.security.auth.spi

Subject
A Subject represents a grouping of related information for a single entity, such as a person.

Classes in javax.security.auth used by javax.security.auth.x500

Destroyable
Objects such as credentials may optionally implement this interface to provide the capability to destroy its contents.