@NonNullByDefault

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).

Interface Summary

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

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
DestroyFailedException	Signals that a destroy operation failed.