Update exception variable names

Consistently use `ex` for caught exception and `cause` for Exception
constructor arguments.

Issue gh-8945

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/domain/IdentityUnavailableException.java

@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ public class IdentityUnavailableException extends RuntimeException {
 	 * Constructs an <code>IdentityUnavailableException</code> with the specified message
 	 * and root cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public IdentityUnavailableException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public IdentityUnavailableException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/domain/ObjectIdentityImpl.java

@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ public class ObjectIdentityImpl implements ObjectIdentity {
 			Method method = typeClass.getMethod("getId", new Class[] {});
 			result = method.invoke(object);
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new IdentityUnavailableException("Could not extract identity from object " + object, e);
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw new IdentityUnavailableException("Could not extract identity from object " + object, ex);
 		}
 
 		Assert.notNull(result, "getId() is required to return a non-null value");

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/jdbc/AclClassIdUtils.java

@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ class AclClassIdUtils {
 		try {
 			hasClassIdType = classIdTypeFrom(resultSet) != null;
 		}
-		catch (SQLException e) {
-			log.debug("Unable to obtain the class id type", e);
+		catch (SQLException ex) {
+			log.debug("Unable to obtain the class id type", ex);
 		}
 		return hasClassIdType;
 	}
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ class AclClassIdUtils {
 			try {
 				targetType = Class.forName(className);
 			}
-			catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-				log.debug("Unable to find class id type on classpath", e);
+			catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+				log.debug("Unable to find class id type on classpath", ex);
 			}
 		}
 		return targetType;

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/jdbc/BasicLookupStrategy.java

@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ public class BasicLookupStrategy implements LookupStrategy {
 		try {
 			return (List<AccessControlEntryImpl>) this.fieldAces.get(acl);
 		}
-		catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not obtain AclImpl.aces field", e);
+		catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not obtain AclImpl.aces field", ex);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ public class BasicLookupStrategy implements LookupStrategy {
 		try {
 			this.fieldAcl.set(ace, acl);
 		}
-		catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not or set AclImpl on AccessControlEntryImpl fields", e);
+		catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not or set AclImpl on AccessControlEntryImpl fields", ex);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ public class BasicLookupStrategy implements LookupStrategy {
 		try {
 			this.fieldAces.set(acl, aces);
 		}
-		catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not set AclImpl entries", e);
+		catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not set AclImpl entries", ex);
 		}
 	}
 

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/model/AlreadyExistsException.java

@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ public class AlreadyExistsException extends AclDataAccessException {
 	 * Constructs an <code>AlreadyExistsException</code> with the specified message and
 	 * root cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public AlreadyExistsException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public AlreadyExistsException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/model/ChildrenExistException.java

@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ public class ChildrenExistException extends AclDataAccessException {
 	 * Constructs an <code>ChildrenExistException</code> with the specified message and
 	 * root cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public ChildrenExistException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public ChildrenExistException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/model/NotFoundException.java

@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ public class NotFoundException extends AclDataAccessException {
 	 * Constructs an <code>NotFoundException</code> with the specified message and root
 	 * cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public NotFoundException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public NotFoundException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

acl/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/acls/model/UnloadedSidException.java

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ public class UnloadedSidException extends AclDataAccessException {
 	 * Constructs an <code>NotFoundException</code> with the specified message and root
 	 * cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public UnloadedSidException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public UnloadedSidException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

acl/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/acls/domain/AclImplTests.java

@@ -628,8 +628,8 @@ public class AclImplTests {
 							((AuditableAccessControlEntry) ac).isAuditFailure()));
 				}
 			}
-			catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
+			catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
+				ex.printStackTrace();
 			}
 
 			return acl;

acl/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/acls/jdbc/JdbcMutableAclServiceTests.java

@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ public class JdbcMutableAclServiceTests extends AbstractTransactionalJUnit4Sprin
 			// new DatabaseSeeder(dataSource, new
 			// ClassPathResource("createAclSchemaPostgres.sql"));
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-			throw e;
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			ex.printStackTrace();
+			throw ex;
 		}
 	}
 

cas/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/cas/authentication/CasAuthenticationProvider.java

@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ public class CasAuthenticationProvider implements AuthenticationProvider, Initia
 			return new CasAuthenticationToken(this.key, userDetails, authentication.getCredentials(),
 					this.authoritiesMapper.mapAuthorities(userDetails.getAuthorities()), userDetails, assertion);
 		}
-		catch (final TicketValidationException e) {
-			throw new BadCredentialsException(e.getMessage(), e);
+		catch (TicketValidationException ex) {
+			throw new BadCredentialsException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
 		}
 	}
 

cas/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/cas/web/authentication/ServiceAuthenticationDetailsSource.java

@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ public class ServiceAuthenticationDetailsSource
 			return new DefaultServiceAuthenticationDetails(this.serviceProperties.getService(), context,
 					this.artifactPattern);
 		}
-		catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java

@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder<O, B extends SecurityBui
 			try {
 				return build();
 			}
-			catch (Exception e) {
-				this.logger.debug("Failed to perform build. Returning null", e);
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				this.logger.debug("Failed to perform build. Returning null", ex);
 				return null;
 			}
 		}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/configurers/ldap/LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer.java

@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ public class LdapAuthenticationProviderConfigurer<B extends ProviderManagerBuild
 			try (ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(DEFAULT_PORT)) {
 				return serverSocket.getLocalPort();
 			}
-			catch (IOException e) {
+			catch (IOException ex) {
 				return RANDOM_PORT;
 			}
 		}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/configuration/AutowireBeanFactoryObjectPostProcessor.java

@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ final class AutowireBeanFactoryObjectPostProcessor
 		try {
 			result = (T) this.autowireBeanFactory.initializeBean(object, object.toString());
 		}
-		catch (RuntimeException e) {
+		catch (RuntimeException ex) {
 			Class<?> type = object.getClass();
-			throw new RuntimeException("Could not postProcess " + object + " of type " + type, e);
+			throw new RuntimeException("Could not postProcess " + object + " of type " + type, ex);
 		}
 		this.autowireBeanFactory.autowireBean(object);
 		if (result instanceof DisposableBean) {

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/method/configuration/GlobalMethodSecurityConfiguration.java

@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ public class GlobalMethodSecurityConfiguration implements ImportAware, SmartInit
 		try {
 			initializeMethodSecurityInterceptor();
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(ex);
 		}
 
 		PermissionEvaluator permissionEvaluator = getSingleBeanOrNull(PermissionEvaluator.class);
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public class GlobalMethodSecurityConfiguration implements ImportAware, SmartInit
 		try {
 			return this.context.getBean(type);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {
+		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
 		}
 		return null;
 	}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/builders/WebSecurity.java

@@ -311,26 +311,26 @@ public final class WebSecurity extends AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder<Filter,
 		try {
 			this.defaultWebSecurityExpressionHandler.setRoleHierarchy(applicationContext.getBean(RoleHierarchy.class));
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {
+		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
 		}
 
 		try {
 			this.defaultWebSecurityExpressionHandler
 					.setPermissionEvaluator(applicationContext.getBean(PermissionEvaluator.class));
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {
+		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
 		}
 
 		this.ignoredRequestRegistry = new IgnoredRequestConfigurer(applicationContext);
 		try {
 			this.httpFirewall = applicationContext.getBean(HttpFirewall.class);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {
+		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
 		}
 		try {
 			this.requestRejectedHandler = applicationContext.getBean(RequestRejectedHandler.class);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {
+		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
 		}
 	}
 

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/SecurityReactorContextConfiguration.java

@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ class SecurityReactorContextConfiguration {
 		}
 
 		@Override
-		public void onError(Throwable t) {
-			this.delegate.onError(t);
+		public void onError(Throwable ex) {
+			this.delegate.onError(ex);
 		}
 
 		@Override

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/RequestCacheConfigurer.java

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public final class RequestCacheConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>>
 		try {
 			return context.getBean(type);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {
+		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
 			return null;
 		}
 	}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/SessionManagementConfigurer.java

@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ public final class SessionManagementConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>>
 		try {
 			return context.getBean(type);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {
+		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
 			return null;
 		}
 	}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/oauth2/server/resource/OAuth2ResourceServerConfigurer.java

@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ public final class OAuth2ResourceServerConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<
 			try {
 				return this.bearerTokenResolver.resolve(request) != null;
 			}
-			catch (OAuth2AuthenticationException e) {
+			catch (OAuth2AuthenticationException ex) {
 				return false;
 			}
 		}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/saml2/Saml2LoginConfigurer.java

@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ public final class Saml2LoginConfigurer<B extends HttpSecurityBuilder<B>>
 		try {
 			return context.getBean(clazz);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {
+		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
 		}
 		return null;
 	}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/socket/AbstractSecurityWebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurer.java

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSecurityWebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurer extends A
 		try {
 			return this.context.getBean(SimpAnnotationMethodMessageHandler.class).getPathMatcher();
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {
+		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
 			return new AntPathMatcher();
 		}
 	}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/authentication/AuthenticationManagerFactoryBean.java

@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ public class AuthenticationManagerFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Authenticat
 		try {
 			return (AuthenticationManager) this.bf.getBean(BeanIds.AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {
-			if (!BeanIds.AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER.equals(e.getBeanName())) {
-				throw e;
+		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
+			if (!BeanIds.AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER.equals(ex.getBeanName())) {
+				throw ex;
 			}
 
 			UserDetailsService uds = getBeanOrNull(UserDetailsService.class);

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/authentication/UserServiceBeanDefinitionParser.java

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class UserServiceBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractUserDetailsServiceB
 			try {
 				this.random = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG");
 			}
-			catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+			catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
 				// Shouldn't happen...
 				throw new RuntimeException("Failed find SHA1PRNG algorithm!");
 			}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/crypto/RsaKeyConversionServicePostProcessor.java

@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ public class RsaKeyConversionServicePostProcessor implements BeanFactoryPostProc
 		try {
 			return resource.getInputStream();
 		}
-		catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+		catch (IOException ex) {
+			throw new UncheckedIOException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ public class RsaKeyConversionServicePostProcessor implements BeanFactoryPostProc
 			try (InputStream is = inputStream) {
 				return inputStreamKeyConverter.convert(is);
 			}
-			catch (IOException e) {
-				throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+			catch (IOException ex) {
+				throw new UncheckedIOException(ex);
 			}
 		};
 	}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/DefaultFilterChainValidator.java

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class DefaultFilterChainValidator implements FilterChainProxy.FilterChain
 		try {
 			filters = fcp.getFilters(loginPage);
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
+		catch (Exception ex) {
 			// May happen legitimately if a filter-chain request matcher requires more
 			// request data than that provided
 			// by the dummy request used when creating the filter invocation.
@@ -196,19 +196,19 @@ public class DefaultFilterChainValidator implements FilterChainProxy.FilterChain
 		try {
 			fsi.getAccessDecisionManager().decide(token, loginRequest, attributes);
 		}
-		catch (AccessDeniedException e) {
+		catch (AccessDeniedException ex) {
 			this.logger
 					.warn("Anonymous access to the login page doesn't appear to be enabled. This is almost certainly "
 							+ "an error. Please check your configuration allows unauthenticated access to the configured "
-							+ "login page. (Simulated access was rejected: " + e + ")");
+							+ "login page. (Simulated access was rejected: " + ex + ")");
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
+		catch (Exception ex) {
 			// May happen legitimately if a filter-chain request matcher requires more
 			// request data than that provided
 			// by the dummy request used when creating the filter invocation. See SEC-1878
 			this.logger.info(
 					"Unable to check access to the login page to determine if anonymous access is allowed. This might be an error, but can happen under normal circumstances.",
-					e);
+					ex);
 		}
 	}
 

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HeadersBeanDefinitionParser.java

@@ -478,9 +478,9 @@ public class HeadersBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 			try {
 				builder.addConstructorArgValue(new StaticAllowFromStrategy(new URI(value)));
 			}
-			catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+			catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
 				parserContext.getReaderContext().error("'value' attribute doesn't represent a valid URI.", frameElement,
-						e);
+						ex);
 			}
 			return;
 		}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/OAuth2ResourceServerBeanDefinitionParser.java

@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ final class OAuth2ResourceServerBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionPa
 			try {
 				return this.bearerTokenResolver.resolve(request) != null;
 			}
-			catch (OAuth2AuthenticationException e) {
+			catch (OAuth2AuthenticationException ex) {
 				return false;
 			}
 		}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/ldap/ContextSourceSettingPostProcessor.java

@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ class ContextSourceSettingPostProcessor implements BeanFactoryPostProcessor, Ord
 			contextSourceClass = ClassUtils.forName(REQUIRED_CONTEXT_SOURCE_CLASS_NAME,
 					ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader());
 		}
-		catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 			throw new ApplicationContextException("Couldn't locate: " + REQUIRED_CONTEXT_SOURCE_CLASS_NAME + ". "
 					+ " If you are using LDAP with Spring Security, please ensure that you include the spring-ldap "
-					+ "jar file in your application", e);
+					+ "jar file in your application", ex);
 		}
 
 		String[] sources = bf.getBeanNamesForType(contextSourceClass, false, false);

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/ldap/LdapServerBeanDefinitionParser.java

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public class LdapServerBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 		try (ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(DEFAULT_PORT)) {
 			return String.valueOf(serverSocket.getLocalPort());
 		}
-		catch (IOException e) {
+		catch (IOException ex) {
 			return RANDOM_PORT;
 		}
 	}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/method/GlobalMethodSecurityBeanDefinitionParser.java

@@ -489,12 +489,12 @@ public class GlobalMethodSecurityBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionP
 					try {
 						this.delegate = this.beanFactory.getBean(this.authMgrBean, AuthenticationManager.class);
 					}
-					catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {
-						if (BeanIds.AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER.equals(e.getBeanName())) {
+					catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
+						if (BeanIds.AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER.equals(ex.getBeanName())) {
 							throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(BeanIds.AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER,
 									AuthenticationManagerFactoryBean.MISSING_BEAN_ERROR_MESSAGE);
 						}
-						throw e;
+						throw ex;
 					}
 				}
 			}

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/method/ProtectPointcutPostProcessor.java

@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ final class ProtectPointcutPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor {
 			try {
 				methods = bean.getClass().getMethods();
 			}
-			catch (Exception e) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException(e.getMessage());
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				throw new IllegalStateException(ex.getMessage());
 			}
 
 			// Check to see if any of those methods are compatible with our pointcut

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/web/server/ServerHttpSecurity.java

@@ -1426,8 +1426,8 @@ public class ServerHttpSecurity {
 				return writer.toString();
 			}
 		}
-		catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		catch (IOException ex) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/InvalidConfigurationTests.java

@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ public class InvalidConfigurationTests {
 			setContext("<http auto-config='true' />");
 			fail();
 		}
-		catch (BeanCreationException e) {
-			Throwable cause = ultimateCause(e);
+		catch (BeanCreationException ex) {
+			Throwable cause = ultimateCause(ex);
 			assertThat(cause instanceof NoSuchBeanDefinitionException).isTrue();
 			NoSuchBeanDefinitionException nsbe = (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException) cause;
 			assertThat(nsbe.getBeanName()).isEqualTo(BeanIds.AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER);
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ public class InvalidConfigurationTests {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private Throwable ultimateCause(Throwable e) {
-		if (e.getCause() == null) {
-			return e;
+	private Throwable ultimateCause(Throwable ex) {
+		if (ex.getCause() == null) {
+			return ex;
 		}
-		return ultimateCause(e.getCause());
+		return ultimateCause(ex.getCause());
 	}
 
 	private void setContext(String context) {

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/method/configuration/GlobalMethodSecurityConfigurationTests.java

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class GlobalMethodSecurityConfigurationTests {
 		try {
 			this.authenticationManager.authenticate(new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken("foo", "bar"));
 		}
-		catch (AuthenticationException e) {
+		catch (AuthenticationException ex) {
 		}
 
 		assertThat(this.events.getEvents()).extracting(Object::getClass)

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/NamespaceHttpX509Tests.java

@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ public class NamespaceHttpX509Tests {
 			CertificateFactory certFactory = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
 			return (T) certFactory.generateCertificate(is);
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ public class NamespaceHttpX509Tests {
 			try {
 				return ((X500Name) certificate.getSubjectDN()).getCommonName();
 			}
-			catch (Exception e) {
-				throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException(ex);
 			}
 		}
 

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/ServletApiConfigurerTests.java

@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ public class ServletApiConfigurerTests {
 		try {
 			return (T) FieldUtils.getFieldValue(target, fieldName);
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/X509ConfigurerTests.java

@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ public class X509ConfigurerTests {
 			CertificateFactory certFactory = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
 			return (T) certFactory.generateCertificate(is);
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/saml2/Saml2LoginConfigurerTests.java

@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ public class Saml2LoginConfigurerTests {
 			iout.finish();
 			return new String(out.toByteArray(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 		}
-		catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new Saml2Exception("Unable to inflate string", e);
+		catch (IOException ex) {
+			throw new Saml2Exception("Unable to inflate string", ex);
 		}
 	}
 

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/saml2/TestSaml2Credentials.java

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ public class TestSaml2Credentials {
 			return (X509Certificate) factory
 					.generateCertificate(new ByteArrayInputStream(source.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/doc/XmlParser.java

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ public class XmlParser implements AutoCloseable {
 
 			return new XmlNode(dBuilder.parse(this.xml));
 		}
-		catch (IOException | ParserConfigurationException | SAXException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+		catch (IOException | ParserConfigurationException | SAXException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/SessionManagementConfigTests.java

@@ -418,8 +418,8 @@ public class SessionManagementConfigTests {
 		try {
 			return (T) FieldUtils.getFieldValue(target, fieldName);
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/test/SpringTestContext.java

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class SpringTestContext implements Closeable {
 		try {
 			this.context.close();
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
+		catch (Exception ex) {
 		}
 	}
 

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/web/server/OAuth2ResourceServerSpecTests.java

@@ -447,8 +447,8 @@ public class OAuth2ResourceServerSpecTests {
 			KeyFactory factory = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
 			rsaPublicKey = (RSAPublicKey) factory.generatePublic(spec);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | InvalidKeySpecException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
+		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | InvalidKeySpecException ex) {
+			ex.printStackTrace();
 		}
 		return rsaPublicKey;
 	}

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/web/server/ServerHttpSecurityTests.java

@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ public class ServerHttpSecurityTests {
 			Object converter = ReflectionTestUtils.getField(filter, "authenticationConverter");
 			return converter.getClass().isAssignableFrom(ServerX509AuthenticationConverter.class);
 		}
-		catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
 			// field doesn't exist
 			return false;
 		}

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/access/AccessDeniedException.java

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ public class AccessDeniedException extends RuntimeException {
 	 * Constructs an <code>AccessDeniedException</code> with the specified message and
 	 * root cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public AccessDeniedException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public AccessDeniedException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/access/AuthorizationServiceException.java

@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ public class AuthorizationServiceException extends AccessDeniedException {
 	 * Constructs an <code>AuthorizationServiceException</code> with the specified message
 	 * and root cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public AuthorizationServiceException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public AuthorizationServiceException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/access/expression/ExpressionUtils.java

@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ public final class ExpressionUtils {
 		try {
 			return expr.getValue(ctx, Boolean.class);
 		}
-		catch (EvaluationException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to evaluate expression '" + expr.getExpressionString() + "'", e);
+		catch (EvaluationException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to evaluate expression '" + expr.getExpressionString() + "'",
+					ex);
 		}
 	}
 

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/access/expression/method/ExpressionBasedAnnotationAttributeFactory.java

@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ public class ExpressionBasedAnnotationAttributeFactory implements PrePostInvocat
 					: parser.parseExpression(preFilterAttribute);
 			return new PreInvocationExpressionAttribute(preFilterExpression, filterObject, preAuthorizeExpression);
 		}
-		catch (ParseException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to parse expression '" + e.getExpressionString() + "'", e);
+		catch (ParseException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to parse expression '" + ex.getExpressionString() + "'", ex);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ public class ExpressionBasedAnnotationAttributeFactory implements PrePostInvocat
 				return new PostInvocationExpressionAttribute(postFilterExpression, postAuthorizeExpression);
 			}
 		}
-		catch (ParseException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to parse expression '" + e.getExpressionString() + "'", e);
+		catch (ParseException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to parse expression '" + ex.getExpressionString() + "'", ex);
 		}
 
 		return null;

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AccountExpiredException.java

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ public class AccountExpiredException extends AccountStatusException {
 	 * Constructs a <code>AccountExpiredException</code> with the specified message and
 	 * root cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public AccountExpiredException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public AccountExpiredException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AccountStatusException.java

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ public abstract class AccountStatusException extends AuthenticationException {
 		super(msg);
 	}
 
-	public AccountStatusException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public AccountStatusException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException.java

@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ public class AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException extends AuthenticationEx
 	 * Constructs an <code>AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException</code> with the
 	 * specified message and root cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AuthenticationServiceException.java

@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ public class AuthenticationServiceException extends AuthenticationException {
 	 * Constructs an <code>AuthenticationServiceException</code> with the specified
 	 * message and root cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public AuthenticationServiceException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public AuthenticationServiceException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/BadCredentialsException.java

@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ public class BadCredentialsException extends AuthenticationException {
 	 * Constructs a <code>BadCredentialsException</code> with the specified message and
 	 * root cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public BadCredentialsException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public BadCredentialsException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/CredentialsExpiredException.java

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ public class CredentialsExpiredException extends AccountStatusException {
 	 * Constructs a <code>CredentialsExpiredException</code> with the specified message
 	 * and root cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public CredentialsExpiredException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public CredentialsExpiredException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/DefaultAuthenticationEventPublisher.java

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public class DefaultAuthenticationEventPublisher
 				Assert.isAssignable(AbstractAuthenticationFailureEvent.class, clazz);
 				addMapping((String) exceptionClass, (Class<? extends AbstractAuthenticationFailureEvent>) clazz);
 			}
-			catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+			catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 				throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load authentication event class " + eventClass);
 			}
 		}
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class DefaultAuthenticationEventPublisher
 			this.defaultAuthenticationFailureEventConstructor = defaultAuthenticationFailureEventClass
 					.getConstructor(Authentication.class, AuthenticationException.class);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+		catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
 			throw new RuntimeException("Default Authentication Failure event class "
 					+ defaultAuthenticationFailureEventClass.getName() + " has no suitable constructor");
 		}
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public class DefaultAuthenticationEventPublisher
 					.getConstructor(Authentication.class, AuthenticationException.class);
 			this.exceptionMappings.put(exceptionClass, constructor);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+		catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
 			throw new RuntimeException(
 					"Authentication event class " + eventClass.getName() + " has no suitable constructor");
 		}

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/DisabledException.java

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ public class DisabledException extends AccountStatusException {
 	 * Constructs a <code>DisabledException</code> with the specified message and root
 	 * cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public DisabledException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public DisabledException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/InsufficientAuthenticationException.java

@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ public class InsufficientAuthenticationException extends AuthenticationException
 	 * Constructs an <code>InsufficientAuthenticationException</code> with the specified
 	 * message and root cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public InsufficientAuthenticationException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public InsufficientAuthenticationException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/LockedException.java

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ public class LockedException extends AccountStatusException {
 	 * Constructs a <code>LockedException</code> with the specified message and root
 	 * cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message.
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public LockedException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public LockedException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/ProviderManager.java

@@ -188,14 +188,14 @@ public class ProviderManager implements AuthenticationManager, MessageSourceAwar
 					break;
 				}
 			}
-			catch (AccountStatusException | InternalAuthenticationServiceException e) {
-				prepareException(e, authentication);
+			catch (AccountStatusException | InternalAuthenticationServiceException ex) {
+				prepareException(ex, authentication);
 				// SEC-546: Avoid polling additional providers if auth failure is due to
 				// invalid account status
-				throw e;
+				throw ex;
 			}
-			catch (AuthenticationException e) {
-				lastException = e;
+			catch (AuthenticationException ex) {
+				lastException = ex;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -205,15 +205,15 @@ public class ProviderManager implements AuthenticationManager, MessageSourceAwar
 				parentResult = this.parent.authenticate(authentication);
 				result = parentResult;
 			}
-			catch (ProviderNotFoundException e) {
+			catch (ProviderNotFoundException ex) {
 				// ignore as we will throw below if no other exception occurred prior to
 				// calling parent and the parent
 				// may throw ProviderNotFound even though a provider in the child already
 				// handled the request
 			}
-			catch (AuthenticationException e) {
-				parentException = e;
-				lastException = e;
+			catch (AuthenticationException ex) {
+				parentException = ex;
+				lastException = ex;
 			}
 		}
 

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/jaas/AbstractJaasAuthenticationProvider.java

@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractJaasAuthenticationProvider implements Authenticati
 								+ "The LoginContext is unavailable");
 					}
 				}
-				catch (LoginException e) {
-					this.log.warn("Error error logging out of LoginContext", e);
+				catch (LoginException ex) {
+					this.log.warn("Error error logging out of LoginContext", ex);
 				}
 			}
 		}

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/jaas/DefaultLoginExceptionResolver.java

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException;
 public class DefaultLoginExceptionResolver implements LoginExceptionResolver {
 
 	@Override
-	public AuthenticationException resolveException(LoginException e) {
-		return new AuthenticationServiceException(e.getMessage(), e);
+	public AuthenticationException resolveException(LoginException ex) {
+		return new AuthenticationServiceException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/jaas/JaasAuthenticationProvider.java

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public class JaasAuthenticationProvider extends AbstractJaasAuthenticationProvid
 
 			return new URL("file", "", loginConfigPath).toString();
 		}
-		catch (IOException e) {
+		catch (IOException ex) {
 			// SEC-1700: May be inside a jar
 			return this.loginConfig.getURL().toString();
 		}

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/jaas/LoginExceptionResolver.java

@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ public interface LoginExceptionResolver {
 
 	/**
 	 * Translates a Jaas LoginException to an SpringSecurityException.
-	 * @param e The LoginException thrown by the configured LoginModule.
+	 * @param ex The LoginException thrown by the configured LoginModule.
 	 * @return The AuthenticationException that the JaasAuthenticationProvider should
 	 * throw.
 	 */
-	AuthenticationException resolveException(LoginException e);
+	AuthenticationException resolveException(LoginException ex);
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/converter/RsaKeyConverters.java

@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ public class RsaKeyConverters {
 			try {
 				return (RSAPrivateKey) keyFactory.generatePrivate(new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(pkcs8));
 			}
-			catch (Exception e) {
-				throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException(ex);
 			}
 		};
 	}
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ public class RsaKeyConverters {
 			try {
 				return (RSAPublicKey) keyFactory.generatePublic(new X509EncodedKeySpec(x509));
 			}
-			catch (Exception e) {
-				throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException(ex);
 			}
 		};
 	}
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ public class RsaKeyConverters {
 		try {
 			return KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/AuthenticationException.java

@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ public abstract class AuthenticationException extends RuntimeException {
 	 * Constructs an {@code AuthenticationException} with the specified message and root
 	 * cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
-	 * @param t the root cause
+	 * @param cause the root cause
 	 */
-	public AuthenticationException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public AuthenticationException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 	/**

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class SpringSecurityCoreVersion {
 			properties.load(SpringSecurityCoreVersion.class.getClassLoader()
 					.getResourceAsStream("META-INF/spring-security.versions"));
 		}
-		catch (IOException | NullPointerException e) {
+		catch (IOException | NullPointerException ex) {
 			return null;
 		}
 		return properties.getProperty("org.springframework:spring-core");

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/token/Sha512DigestUtils.java

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ public abstract class Sha512DigestUtils {
 		try {
 			return MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-512");
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage());
+		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(ex.getMessage());
 		}
 	}
 

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/userdetails/UsernameNotFoundException.java

@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ public class UsernameNotFoundException extends AuthenticationException {
 	 * Constructs a {@code UsernameNotFoundException} with the specified message and root
 	 * cause.
 	 * @param msg the detail message.
-	 * @param t root cause
+	 * @param cause root cause
 	 */
-	public UsernameNotFoundException(String msg, Throwable t) {
-		super(msg, t);
+	public UsernameNotFoundException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/jackson2/SecurityJackson2Modules.java

@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ public final class SecurityJackson2Modules {
 				instance = securityModule.newInstance();
 			}
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
+		catch (Exception ex) {
 			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				logger.debug("Cannot load module " + className, e);
+				logger.debug("Cannot load module " + className, ex);
 			}
 		}
 		return instance;

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/util/MethodInvocationUtils.java

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public final class MethodInvocationUtils {
 		try {
 			method = clazz.getMethod(methodName, classArgs);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+		catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
 			return null;
 		}
 

core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/access/hierarchicalroles/RoleHierarchyImplTests.java

@@ -117,21 +117,21 @@ public class RoleHierarchyImplTests {
 			roleHierarchyImpl.setHierarchy("ROLE_A > ROLE_A");
 			fail("Cycle in role hierarchy was not detected!");
 		}
-		catch (CycleInRoleHierarchyException e) {
+		catch (CycleInRoleHierarchyException ex) {
 		}
 
 		try {
 			roleHierarchyImpl.setHierarchy("ROLE_A > ROLE_B\nROLE_B > ROLE_A");
 			fail("Cycle in role hierarchy was not detected!");
 		}
-		catch (CycleInRoleHierarchyException e) {
+		catch (CycleInRoleHierarchyException ex) {
 		}
 
 		try {
 			roleHierarchyImpl.setHierarchy("ROLE_A > ROLE_B\nROLE_B > ROLE_C\nROLE_C > ROLE_A");
 			fail("Cycle in role hierarchy was not detected!");
 		}
-		catch (CycleInRoleHierarchyException e) {
+		catch (CycleInRoleHierarchyException ex) {
 		}
 
 		try {
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ public class RoleHierarchyImplTests {
 					"ROLE_A > ROLE_B\nROLE_B > ROLE_C\nROLE_C > ROLE_E\nROLE_E > ROLE_D\nROLE_D > ROLE_B");
 			fail("Cycle in role hierarchy was not detected!");
 		}
-		catch (CycleInRoleHierarchyException e) {
+		catch (CycleInRoleHierarchyException ex) {
 		}
 
 		try {
 			roleHierarchyImpl.setHierarchy("ROLE_C > ROLE_B\nROLE_B > ROLE_A\nROLE_A > ROLE_B");
 			fail("Cycle in role hierarchy was not detected!");
 		}
-		catch (CycleInRoleHierarchyException e) {
+		catch (CycleInRoleHierarchyException ex) {
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public class RoleHierarchyImplTests {
 		try {
 			roleHierarchyImpl.setHierarchy("ROLE_A > ROLE_B\nROLE_A > ROLE_C\nROLE_C > ROLE_D\nROLE_B > ROLE_D");
 		}
-		catch (CycleInRoleHierarchyException e) {
+		catch (CycleInRoleHierarchyException ex) {
 			fail("A cycle in role hierarchy was incorrectly detected!");
 		}
 	}

core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/ProviderManagerTests.java

@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ public class ProviderManagerTests {
 			mgr.authenticate(authReq);
 			fail("Expected exception");
 		}
-		catch (BadCredentialsException e) {
-			assertThat(e).isSameAs(expected);
+		catch (BadCredentialsException ex) {
+			assertThat(ex).isSameAs(expected);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ public class ProviderManagerTests {
 			mgr.authenticate(authReq);
 			fail("Expected exception");
 		}
-		catch (LockedException e) {
-			assertThat(e).isSameAs(expected);
+		catch (LockedException ex) {
+			assertThat(ex).isSameAs(expected);
 		}
 		verify(publisher).publishAuthenticationFailure(expected, authReq);
 	}
@@ -329,18 +329,18 @@ public class ProviderManagerTests {
 			childMgr.authenticate(authReq);
 			fail("Expected exception");
 		}
-		catch (BadCredentialsException e) {
-			assertThat(e).isSameAs(badCredentialsExParent);
+		catch (BadCredentialsException ex) {
+			assertThat(ex).isSameAs(badCredentialsExParent);
 		}
 		verify(publisher).publishAuthenticationFailure(badCredentialsExParent, authReq); // Parent
 																							// publishes
 		verifyNoMoreInteractions(publisher); // Child should not publish (duplicate event)
 	}
 
-	private AuthenticationProvider createProviderWhichThrows(final AuthenticationException e) {
+	private AuthenticationProvider createProviderWhichThrows(final AuthenticationException ex) {
 		AuthenticationProvider provider = mock(AuthenticationProvider.class);
 		given(provider.supports(any(Class.class))).willReturn(true);
-		given(provider.authenticate(any(Authentication.class))).willThrow(e);
+		given(provider.authenticate(any(Authentication.class))).willThrow(ex);
 
 		return provider;
 	}

core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/jaas/JaasAuthenticationProviderTests.java

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class JaasAuthenticationProviderTests {
 			this.jaasProvider.authenticate(new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken("user", "asdf"));
 			fail("LoginException should have been thrown for the bad password");
 		}
-		catch (AuthenticationException e) {
+		catch (AuthenticationException ex) {
 		}
 
 		assertThat(this.eventCheck.failedEvent).as("Failure event not fired").isNotNull();
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class JaasAuthenticationProviderTests {
 			this.jaasProvider.authenticate(new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken("asdf", "password"));
 			fail("LoginException should have been thrown for the bad user");
 		}
-		catch (AuthenticationException e) {
+		catch (AuthenticationException ex) {
 		}
 
 		assertThat(this.eventCheck.failedEvent).as("Failure event not fired").isNotNull();
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ public class JaasAuthenticationProviderTests {
 		try {
 			this.jaasProvider.authenticate(new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken("user", "password"));
 		}
-		catch (LockedException e) {
+		catch (LockedException ex) {
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
+		catch (Exception ex) {
 			fail("LockedException should have been thrown and caught");
 		}
 	}

core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/jaas/SecurityContextLoginModuleTests.java

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class SecurityContextLoginModuleTests {
 			this.module.login();
 			fail("LoginException expected, there is no Authentication in the SecurityContext");
 		}
-		catch (LoginException e) {
+		catch (LoginException ex) {
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class SecurityContextLoginModuleTests {
 			this.module.login();
 			fail("LoginException expected, the authentication is null in the SecurityContext");
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
+		catch (Exception ex) {
 		}
 	}
 

core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/jaas/TestLoginModule.java

@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ public class TestLoginModule implements LoginModule {
 			this.password = new String(passwordCallback.getPassword());
 			this.user = nameCallback.getName();
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 

core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/core/token/KeyBasedPersistenceTokenServiceTests.java

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ public class KeyBasedPersistenceTokenServiceTests {
 			service.setSecureRandom(rnd);
 			service.afterPropertiesSet();
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(ex);
 		}
 		return service;
 	}

crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/argon2/Argon2PasswordEncoder.java

@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ public class Argon2PasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 		try {
 			decoded = Argon2EncodingUtils.decode(encodedPassword);
 		}
-		catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-			this.logger.warn("Malformed password hash", e);
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+			this.logger.warn("Malformed password hash", ex);
 			return false;
 		}
 

crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/codec/Base64.java

@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public final class Base64 {
 		try {
 			decode(bytes);
 		}
-		catch (InvalidBase64CharacterException e) {
+		catch (InvalidBase64CharacterException ex) {
 			return false;
 		}
 		return true;

crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/codec/Utf8.java

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ public final class Utf8 {
 
 			return bytesCopy;
 		}
-		catch (CharacterCodingException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Encoding failed", e);
+		catch (CharacterCodingException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Encoding failed", ex);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ public final class Utf8 {
 		try {
 			return CHARSET.newDecoder().decode(ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes)).toString();
 		}
-		catch (CharacterCodingException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Decoding failed", e);
+		catch (CharacterCodingException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Decoding failed", ex);
 		}
 	}
 

crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/encrypt/BouncyCastleAesCbcBytesEncryptor.java

@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ public class BouncyCastleAesCbcBytesEncryptor extends BouncyCastleAesBytesEncryp
 		try {
 			bytesWritten += blockCipher.doFinal(buf, bytesWritten);
 		}
-		catch (InvalidCipherTextException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("unable to encrypt/decrypt", e);
+		catch (InvalidCipherTextException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("unable to encrypt/decrypt", ex);
 		}
 		if (bytesWritten == buf.length) {
 			return buf;

crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/encrypt/BouncyCastleAesGcmBytesEncryptor.java

@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ public class BouncyCastleAesGcmBytesEncryptor extends BouncyCastleAesBytesEncryp
 		try {
 			bytesWritten += blockCipher.doFinal(buf, bytesWritten);
 		}
-		catch (InvalidCipherTextException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("unable to encrypt/decrypt", e);
+		catch (InvalidCipherTextException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("unable to encrypt/decrypt", ex);
 		}
 		if (bytesWritten == buf.length) {
 			return buf;

crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/encrypt/CipherUtils.java

@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ final class CipherUtils {
 			SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance(algorithm);
 			return factory.generateSecret(keySpec);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a valid encryption algorithm", e);
+		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a valid encryption algorithm", ex);
 		}
-		catch (InvalidKeySpecException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a valid secret key", e);
+		catch (InvalidKeySpecException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a valid secret key", ex);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ final class CipherUtils {
 		try {
 			return Cipher.getInstance(algorithm);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a valid encryption algorithm", e);
+		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a valid encryption algorithm", ex);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchPaddingException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Should not happen", e);
+		catch (NoSuchPaddingException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Should not happen", ex);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ final class CipherUtils {
 		try {
 			return cipher.getParameters().getParameterSpec(parameterSpecClass);
 		}
-		catch (InvalidParameterSpecException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to access parameter", e);
+		catch (InvalidParameterSpecException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to access parameter", ex);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ final class CipherUtils {
 				cipher.init(mode, secretKey);
 			}
 		}
-		catch (InvalidKeyException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to initialize due to invalid secret key", e);
+		catch (InvalidKeyException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to initialize due to invalid secret key", ex);
 		}
-		catch (InvalidAlgorithmParameterException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to initialize due to invalid decryption parameter spec", e);
+		catch (InvalidAlgorithmParameterException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to initialize due to invalid decryption parameter spec", ex);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ final class CipherUtils {
 		try {
 			return cipher.doFinal(input);
 		}
-		catch (IllegalBlockSizeException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to invoke Cipher due to illegal block size", e);
+		catch (IllegalBlockSizeException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to invoke Cipher due to illegal block size", ex);
 		}
-		catch (BadPaddingException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to invoke Cipher due to bad padding", e);
+		catch (BadPaddingException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to invoke Cipher due to bad padding", ex);
 		}
 	}
 

crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/Digester.java

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ final class Digester {
 		try {
 			return MessageDigest.getInstance(algorithm);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("No such hashing algorithm", e);
+		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("No such hashing algorithm", ex);
 		}
 	}
 

crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/LdapShaPasswordEncoder.java

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class LdapShaPasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 			sha = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA");
 			sha.update(Utf8.encode(rawPassword));
 		}
-		catch (java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+		catch (java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("No SHA implementation available!");
 		}
 

crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/Pbkdf2PasswordEncoder.java

@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ public class Pbkdf2PasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 		try {
 			SecretKeyFactory.getInstance(algorithmName);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid algorithm '" + algorithmName + "'.", e);
+		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid algorithm '" + algorithmName + "'.", ex);
 		}
 		this.algorithm = algorithmName;
 	}
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ public class Pbkdf2PasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 			SecretKeyFactory skf = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance(this.algorithm);
 			return EncodingUtils.concatenate(salt, skf.generateSecret(spec).getEncoded());
 		}
-		catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not create hash", e);
+		catch (GeneralSecurityException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not create hash", ex);
 		}
 	}
 

crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/encrypt/CryptoAssumptions.java

@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ public class CryptoAssumptions {
 			Cipher.getInstance(cipherAlgorithm.toString());
 			aes256Available = Cipher.getMaxAllowedKeyLength("AES") >= 256;
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
-			throw new AssumptionViolatedException(cipherAlgorithm + " not available, skipping test", e);
+		catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
+			throw new AssumptionViolatedException(cipherAlgorithm + " not available, skipping test", ex);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchPaddingException e) {
-			throw new AssumptionViolatedException(cipherAlgorithm + " padding not available, skipping test", e);
+		catch (NoSuchPaddingException ex) {
+			throw new AssumptionViolatedException(cipherAlgorithm + " padding not available, skipping test", ex);
 		}
 		Assume.assumeTrue("AES key length of 256 not allowed, skipping test", aes256Available);
 

docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/reactive/oauth2/resource-server.adoc

@@ -552,9 +552,9 @@ ReactiveJwtDecoder jwtDecoder() {
 ----
 [[webflux-oauth2resourceserver-opaque-minimaldependencies]]
 === Minimal Dependencies for Introspection
-As described in <<oauth2resourceserver-jwt-minimaldependencies,Minimal Dependencies for JWT>> most of Resource Server support is collected in `spring-security-oauth2-resource-server`. 
-However unless a custom <<webflux-oauth2resourceserver-opaque-introspector-bean,`ReactiveOpaqueTokenIntrospector`>> is provided, the Resource Server will fallback to ReactiveOpaqueTokenIntrospector. 
-Meaning that both `spring-security-oauth2-resource-server` and `oauth2-oidc-sdk` are necessary in order to have a working minimal Resource Server that supports opaque Bearer Tokens. 
+As described in <<oauth2resourceserver-jwt-minimaldependencies,Minimal Dependencies for JWT>> most of Resource Server support is collected in `spring-security-oauth2-resource-server`.
+However unless a custom <<webflux-oauth2resourceserver-opaque-introspector-bean,`ReactiveOpaqueTokenIntrospector`>> is provided, the Resource Server will fallback to ReactiveOpaqueTokenIntrospector.
+Meaning that both `spring-security-oauth2-resource-server` and `oauth2-oidc-sdk` are necessary in order to have a working minimal Resource Server that supports opaque Bearer Tokens.
 Please refer to `spring-security-oauth2-resource-server` in order to determin the correct version for `oauth2-oidc-sdk`.
 
 [[webflux-oauth2resourceserver-opaque-minimalconfiguration]]
@@ -925,8 +925,8 @@ public class JwtOpaqueTokenIntrospector implements ReactiveOpaqueTokenIntrospect
 		public Mono<JWTClaimsSet> convert(JWT jwt) {
 			try {
 				return Mono.just(jwt.getJWTClaimsSet());
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-				return Mono.error(e);
+			} catch (Exception ex) {
+				return Mono.error(ex);
 			}
 		}
 	}

docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/servlet/architecture/exception-translation-filter.adoc

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ The pseudocode for `ExceptionTranslationFilter` looks something like this:
 ----
 try {
 	filterChain.doFilter(request, response); // <1>
-} catch (AccessDeniedException | AuthenticationException e) {
-	if (!authenticated || e instanceof AuthenticationException) {
+} catch (AccessDeniedException | AuthenticationException ex) {
+	if (!authenticated || ex instanceof AuthenticationException) {
 		startAuthentication(); // <2>
 	} else {
 		accessDenied(); // <3>

docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/servlet/integrations/servlet-api.adoc

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ For example, the following would attempt to authenticate with the username "user
 ----
 try {
 httpServletRequest.login("user","password");
-} catch(ServletException e) {
+} catch(ServletException ex) {
 // fail to authenticate
 }
 ----
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ async.start(new Runnable() {
 			asyncResponse.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
 			asyncResponse.getWriter().write(String.valueOf(authentication));
 			async.complete();
-		} catch(Exception e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		} catch(Exception ex) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 });
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ new Thread("AsyncThread") {
 
 			// Write to and commit the httpServletResponse
 			httpServletResponse.getOutputStream().flush();
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			ex.printStackTrace();
 		}
 	}
 }.start();

docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/servlet/oauth2/oauth2-resourceserver.adoc

@@ -1055,9 +1055,9 @@ To do so, remember that `NimbusJwtDecoder` ships with a constructor that takes N
 
 [[oauth2resourceserver-opaque-minimaldependencies]]
 === Minimal Dependencies for Introspection
-As described in <<oauth2resourceserver-jwt-minimaldependencies,Minimal Dependencies for JWT>> most of Resource Server support is collected in `spring-security-oauth2-resource-server`. 
-However unless a custom <<oauth2resourceserver-opaque-introspector,`OpaqueTokenIntrospector`>> is provided, the Resource Server will fallback to NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector. 
-Meaning that both `spring-security-oauth2-resource-server` and `oauth2-oidc-sdk` are necessary in order to have a working minimal Resource Server that supports opaque Bearer Tokens. 
+As described in <<oauth2resourceserver-jwt-minimaldependencies,Minimal Dependencies for JWT>> most of Resource Server support is collected in `spring-security-oauth2-resource-server`.
+However unless a custom <<oauth2resourceserver-opaque-introspector,`OpaqueTokenIntrospector`>> is provided, the Resource Server will fallback to NimbusOpaqueTokenIntrospector.
+Meaning that both `spring-security-oauth2-resource-server` and `oauth2-oidc-sdk` are necessary in order to have a working minimal Resource Server that supports opaque Bearer Tokens.
 Please refer to `spring-security-oauth2-resource-server` in order to determin the correct version for `oauth2-oidc-sdk`.
 
 [[oauth2resourceserver-opaque-minimalconfiguration]]
@@ -1626,8 +1626,8 @@ public class JwtOpaqueTokenIntrospector implements OpaqueTokenIntrospector {
         try {
             Jwt jwt = this.jwtDecoder.decode(token);
             return new DefaultOAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal(jwt.getClaims(), NO_AUTHORITIES);
-        } catch (JwtException e) {
-            throw new OAuth2IntrospectionException(e);
+        } catch (JwtException ex) {
+            throw new OAuth2IntrospectionException(ex);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1899,8 +1899,8 @@ public class TenantJWSKeySelector
 	private JWSKeySelector<SecurityContext> fromUri(String uri) {
 		try {
 			return JWSAlgorithmFamilyJWSKeySelector.fromJWKSetURL(new URL(uri)); <4>
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(ex);
 		}
 	}
 }

etc/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 		"-//Checkstyle//DTD SuppressionFilter Configuration 1.2//EN"
 		"https://checkstyle.org/dtds/suppressions_1_2.dtd">
 <suppressions>
-	<suppress files=".*" checks="SpringCatch" />
 	<suppress files=".*" checks="SpringHeader" />
 	<suppress files=".*" checks="SpringHideUtilityClassConstructor" />
 	<suppress files=".*" checks="SpringJavadoc" />

itest/context/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/integration/python/PythonInterpreterPreInvocationAdvice.java

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ public class PythonInterpreterPreInvocationAdvice implements PreInvocationAuthor
 		try {
 			python.execfile(scriptResource.getInputStream());
 		}
-		catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Couldn't run python script, " + script, e);
+		catch (IOException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Couldn't run python script, " + script, ex);
 		}
 
 		PyObject allowed = python.get("allow");

ldap/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/DefaultSpringSecurityContextSourceTests.java

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class DefaultSpringSecurityContextSourceTests {
 		try {
 			ctx = this.contextSource.getContext("uid=Bob,ou=people,dc=springframework,dc=org", "bobspassword");
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
+		catch (Exception ex) {
 		}
 		assertThat(ctx).isNotNull();
 		// com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapPoolManager.showStats(System.out);

ldap/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/server/ApacheDSContainerTests.java

@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ public class ApacheDSContainerTests {
 			try {
 				server1.destroy();
 			}
-			catch (Throwable t) {
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
 			}
 			try {
 				server2.destroy();
 			}
-			catch (Throwable t) {
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ public class ApacheDSContainerTests {
 			try {
 				server1.destroy();
 			}
-			catch (Throwable t) {
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
 			}
 			try {
 				server2.destroy();
 			}
-			catch (Throwable t) {
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ public class ApacheDSContainerTests {
 			server.afterPropertiesSet();
 			fail("Expected an IllegalArgumentException to be thrown.");
 		}
-		catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-			assertThat(e).hasMessage("When LdapOverSsl is enabled, the keyStoreFile property must be set.");
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+			assertThat(ex).hasMessage("When LdapOverSsl is enabled, the keyStoreFile property must be set.");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ public class ApacheDSContainerTests {
 			server.afterPropertiesSet();
 			fail("Expected a RuntimeException to be thrown.");
 		}
-		catch (RuntimeException e) {
-			assertThat(e).hasMessage("Server startup failed");
-			assertThat(e).hasRootCauseInstanceOf(UnrecoverableKeyException.class);
+		catch (RuntimeException ex) {
+			assertThat(ex).hasMessage("Server startup failed");
+			assertThat(ex).hasRootCauseInstanceOf(UnrecoverableKeyException.class);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class ApacheDSContainerTests {
 			try {
 				server.destroy();
 			}
-			catch (Throwable t) {
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
 			}
 		}
 	}

ldap/src/integration-test/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/server/UnboundIdContainerLdifTests.java

@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ public class UnboundIdContainerLdifTests {
 			this.appCtx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(MalformedLdifConfig.class);
 			failBecauseExceptionWasNotThrown(IllegalStateException.class);
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			assertThat(e.getCause()).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
-			assertThat(e.getMessage()).contains("Unable to load LDIF classpath:test-server-malformed.txt");
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			assertThat(ex.getCause()).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
+			assertThat(ex.getMessage()).contains("Unable to load LDIF classpath:test-server-malformed.txt");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ public class UnboundIdContainerLdifTests {
 			this.appCtx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(MissingLdifConfig.class);
 			failBecauseExceptionWasNotThrown(IllegalStateException.class);
 		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
-			assertThat(e.getCause()).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
-			assertThat(e.getMessage()).contains("Unable to load LDIF classpath:does-not-exist.ldif");
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			assertThat(ex.getCause()).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
+			assertThat(ex.getMessage()).contains("Unable to load LDIF classpath:does-not-exist.ldif");
 		}
 	}
 

ldap/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/LdapUtils.java

@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ public final class LdapUtils {
 				ctx.close();
 			}
 		}
-		catch (NamingException e) {
-			logger.error("Failed to close context.", e);
+		catch (NamingException ex) {
+			logger.error("Failed to close context.", ex);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ public final class LdapUtils {
 				ne.close();
 			}
 		}
-		catch (NamingException e) {
-			logger.error("Failed to close enumeration.", e);
+		catch (NamingException ex) {
+			logger.error("Failed to close enumeration.", ex);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ public final class LdapUtils {
 		try {
 			return new URI(url);
 		}
-		catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+		catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
 			IllegalArgumentException iae = new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to parse url: " + url);
-			iae.initCause(e);
+			iae.initCause(ex);
 			throw iae;
 		}
 	}

ldap/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/SpringSecurityLdapTemplate.java

@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ public class SpringSecurityLdapTemplate extends LdapTemplate {
 						extractStringAttributeValues(adapter, record, attr.getID());
 					}
 				}
-				catch (NamingException x) {
-					org.springframework.ldap.support.LdapUtils.convertLdapException(x);
+				catch (NamingException ex) {
+					org.springframework.ldap.support.LdapUtils.convertLdapException(ex);
 				}
 			}
 			else {
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ public class SpringSecurityLdapTemplate extends LdapTemplate {
 				results.add(dca);
 			}
 		}
-		catch (PartialResultException e) {
+		catch (PartialResultException ex) {
 			LdapUtils.closeEnumeration(resultsEnum);
 			logger.info("Ignoring PartialResultException");
 		}

ldap/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ldap/authentication/BindAuthenticator.java

@@ -127,20 +127,20 @@ public class BindAuthenticator extends AbstractLdapAuthenticator {
 
 			return result;
 		}
-		catch (NamingException e) {
+		catch (NamingException ex) {
 			// This will be thrown if an invalid user name is used and the method may
 			// be called multiple times to try different names, so we trap the exception
 			// unless a subclass wishes to implement more specialized behaviour.
-			if ((e instanceof org.springframework.ldap.AuthenticationException)
-					|| (e instanceof org.springframework.ldap.OperationNotSupportedException)) {
-				handleBindException(userDnStr, username, e);
+			if ((ex instanceof org.springframework.ldap.AuthenticationException)
+					|| (ex instanceof org.springframework.ldap.OperationNotSupportedException)) {
+				handleBindException(userDnStr, username, ex);
 			}
 			else {
-				throw e;
+				throw ex;
 			}
 		}
-		catch (javax.naming.NamingException e) {
-			throw LdapUtils.convertLdapException(e);
+		catch (javax.naming.NamingException ex) {
+			throw LdapUtils.convertLdapException(ex);
 		}
 		finally {
 			LdapUtils.closeContext(ctx);