UnknownAccountException (Apache Shiro 1.7.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Throwable
- - java.lang.Exception
  - - java.lang.RuntimeException
    - - org.apache.shiro.ShiroException
      - org.apache.shiro.authc.AuthenticationException
        
        org.apache.shiro.authc.AccountException
        
        org.apache.shiro.authc.UnknownAccountException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable
```
public class UnknownAccountException
extends AccountException
```
Thrown when attempting to authenticate with a principal that doesn't exist in the system (e.g. by specifying a username that doesn't relate to a user account).
Whether or not an application wishes to alert a user logging in to the system of this fact is at the discretion of those responsible for designing the view and what happens when this exception occurs.

Since:

0.1

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`UnknownAccountException()`	Creates a new UnknownAccountException.
`UnknownAccountException(String message)`	Constructs a new UnknownAccountException.
`UnknownAccountException(String message, Throwable cause)`	Constructs a new UnknownAccountException.
`UnknownAccountException(Throwable cause)`	Constructs a new UnknownAccountException.

Method Summary
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
  addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, 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
  - UnknownAccountException
```
public UnknownAccountException()
```
    Creates a new UnknownAccountException.
  - UnknownAccountException
```
public UnknownAccountException(String message)
```
    Constructs a new UnknownAccountException.
    
    Parameters:
    
    message - the reason for the exception
  - UnknownAccountException
```
public UnknownAccountException(Throwable cause)
```
    Constructs a new UnknownAccountException.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cause - the underlying Throwable that caused this exception to be thrown.
  - UnknownAccountException
```
public UnknownAccountException(String message,
                               Throwable cause)
```
    Constructs a new UnknownAccountException.
    
    Parameters:
    
    message - the reason for the exception
    
    cause - the underlying Throwable that caused this exception to be thrown.