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com.ibm.portal.security.exceptions
Class SecurityException

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Throwable
      extended by java.lang.Exception
          extended by com.ibm.portal.security.exceptions.SecurityException
All Implemented Interfaces:
Localized, java.io.Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
ImpersonationException, LoginException, LogoutException, SecurityFilterInitException, SessionValidationException, UserSessionTimeoutException
public abstract class SecurityException
extends java.lang.Exception
implements Localized

Root exception class for all security related exceptions.

Since:
6.0.1
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
protected SecurityException()
          Empty constructor.
protected SecurityException(MessageCode aMsgCode, java.lang.Object[] arguments)
          Initializes the exception with a message code and the corresponding arguments
protected SecurityException(java.lang.Throwable cause)
          Initializes the exception with the reason of the exception.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.String getDescription(java.util.Locale aLocale)
          Return a language-specific detailed explanation of this exception.
 ListModel<java.util.Locale> getLocales()
          Return the languages for which language-specific exception messages and explanations are provided.
 java.lang.String getTitle(java.util.Locale aLocale)
          Return a language-specific exception message for this exception.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

SecurityException

protected SecurityException(java.lang.Throwable cause)
Initializes the exception with the reason of the exception.

Parameters:
cause - Exception that provides details on the reason of failure (must not be null).

SecurityException

protected SecurityException()
Empty constructor.

SecurityException

protected SecurityException(MessageCode aMsgCode,
                            java.lang.Object[] arguments)
Initializes the exception with a message code and the corresponding arguments

Parameters:
aMsgCode - the message code
arguments - the arguments
Method Detail

getTitle

public java.lang.String getTitle(java.util.Locale aLocale)
Return a language-specific exception message for this exception. Returns null if no message is available for the requested locale.

Specified by:
getTitle in interface Localized
Parameters:
aLocale - the locale for which to retrieve the title, must not be null.
Returns:
the title of this node in the given locale. If a title is not available in the given locale, this method will return null. It is up to the invoker of the method to implement an appropriate fallback mechanism.

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription(java.util.Locale aLocale)
Return a language-specific detailed explanation of this exception. Returns null if no explanation is available for the requested locale.

Specified by:
getDescription in interface Localized
Parameters:
aLocale - the locale for which to retrieve the description, must not be null.
Returns:
the description of this node in the given locale. If a description is not available in the given locale, this method will return null. It is up to the invoker of the method to implement an appropriate fallback mechanism

getLocales

public ListModel<java.util.Locale> getLocales()
Return the languages for which language-specific exception messages and explanations are provided. Return a ListModel with an empty iterator if no language-specific information is provided; never returns null.

Specified by:
getLocales in interface Localized
Returns:
a list of locales defined for this object, returns an empty ListModel if no locales are supported.
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