javax.security.auth (Java SE 21 & JDK 21)
Description: declaration: module: java.base, package: javax.security.auth
Keywords: javax.security.auth package

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.