javax.security.auth Class Hierarchy (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-04-17

# Hierarchy For Package javax.security.auth

Package Hierarchies:

- All Packages

## Class Hierarchy

- java.lang.Object
  - java.security.Permission (implements java.security.Guard, java.io.Serializable)
    - java.security.BasicPermission (implements java.io.Serializable)
      - javax.security.auth.AuthPermission
    - javax.security.auth.PrivateCredentialPermission
  - javax.security.auth.Policy
  - javax.security.auth.Subject (implements java.io.Serializable)
  - javax.security.auth.SubjectDomainCombiner (implements java.security.DomainCombiner)
  - java.lang.Throwable (implements java.io.Serializable)
    - java.lang.Exception
      - javax.security.auth.DestroyFailedException
      - javax.security.auth.RefreshFailedException

## Interface Hierarchy

- javax.security.auth.Destroyable
- javax.security.auth.Refreshable

Submit a bug or feature
For further API reference and developer documentation, see Java SE Documentation. That documentation contains more detailed, developer-targeted descriptions, with conceptual overviews, definitions of terms, workarounds, and working code examples.
Copyright © 1993, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Also see the documentation redistribution policy.