com.vmware.vapi.std.errors

Class Unauthenticated

java.lang.Object

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.Unauthenticated

public static class Unauthenticated
extends java.lang.Object

The Unauthenticated exception indicates that the method requires authentication and the user is not authenticated.

API requests may include a security context containing user credentials. For example, the user credentials could be a SAML token, a user name and password, or the session identifier for a previously established session.

Examples:

• The SAML token in the request's security context has expired.
• The user name and password in the request's security context are invalid.
• The session identifier in the request's security context identifies a session that has expired.

Counterexamples:

• The user is authenticated but isn't authorized to perform the requested method. The Unauthorized exception would be used instead.

For security reasons, the Error.getData() property in this exception is null, and the Error.getMessages() property in this exception does not disclose which part of the security context is correct or incorrect. For example the messages would not disclose whether a username or a password is valid or invalid, but only that a combination of username and password is invalid.

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Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait