src/org/jsecurity/authc/ConcurrentAccessException.java

/*
 * Copyright 2005-2008 Les Hazlewood
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package org.jsecurity.authc;

/**
 * Thrown when an authentication attempt has been received for an account that has already been
 * authenticated (i.e. logged-in), and the system is configured to prevent such concurrent access.
 *
 * <p>This is useful when an application must ensure that only one person is logged-in to a single
 * account at any given time.
 *
 * <p>Sometimes account names and passwords are lazily given away
 * to many people for easy access to a system.  Such behavior is undesirable in systems where
 * users are accountable for their actions, such as in government applications, or when licensing
 * agreements must be maintained, such as those which only allow 1 user per paid license.
 *
 * <p>By disallowing concurrent access, such systems can ensure that each authenticated session
 * corresponds to one and only one user at any given time.
 *
 * @since 0.1
 * @author Les Hazlewood
 */
public class ConcurrentAccessException extends AccountException {

    /**
     * Creates a new ConcurrentAccessException.
     */
    public ConcurrentAccessException() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new ConcurrentAccessException.
     * @param message the reason for the exception
     */
    public ConcurrentAccessException( String message ) {
        super( message );
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new ConcurrentAccessException.
     * @param cause the underlying Throwable that caused this exception to be thrown.
     */
    public ConcurrentAccessException( Throwable cause ) {
        super( cause );
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new ConcurrentAccessException.
     * @param message the reason for the exception
     * @param cause the underlying Throwable that caused this exception to be thrown.
     */
    public ConcurrentAccessException( String message, Throwable cause ) {
        super( message, cause );
    }

}