Best way to return status flag and message from a method in Java

Question

I have a deceptively simple scenario, and I want a simple solution, but it\'s not obvious which is \"most correct\" or \"most Java\".

Let\'s say I have a small authe

Answer 1

You could use exceptions....

try {
    AuthenticateMethod();
} catch (AuthenticateError ae) {         
    // Display ae.getMessage() to user..
    System.out.println(ae.getMessage());
    //ae.printStackTrace();    
}

and then if an error occurs in your AuthenticateMethod you send a new AuthenticateError (extends Exception)