Package =TWiki::AccessControlException

Exception used raise an access control violation. This exception has the following fields:

• web - the web which was being accessed
• topic - the topic being accessed (if any)
• user - canonical username of the person doing the accessing. Use the methods of the TWiki::Users class to get more information about the user.
• mode - the access mode e.g. CHANGE, VIEW etc
• reason a text string giving the reason for the refusal.

The exception may be thrown by plugins. If a plugin throws the exception, it will normally be caught and the browser redirected to a login screen (if the user is not logged in) or reported (if they are and just don't have access).

ClassMethod new ($mode,$user,$web,$topic,$reason)

• $mode - mode of access (view, change etc)
• $user - canonical user name of user doing the accessing
• $web - web being accessed
• $topic - topic being accessed
• $reason - string reason for failure

All the above fields are accessible from the object in a catch clause in the usual way e.g. $e->{web} and $e->{reason}

ObjectMethod stringify () -> $string

Generate a summary string. This is mainly for debugging.