com.sas.services.security
Interface RemoteNameCallbackInterface

All Superinterfaces:

javax.security.auth.callback.Callback, java.rmi.Remote, RemoteCallbackInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

RemoteNameCallback

public interface RemoteNameCallbackInterface
extends RemoteCallbackInterface

Interface for a remote version of the NameCallback defined in the javax.security.auth.callback package.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.String	getDefaultName() Get the default name for this callback.
abstract java.lang.String	getName() Get the name that was set by the callback handler, hopefully provided by the user.
abstract java.lang.String	getPrompt() Get the prompt string to use when asking for the name.
abstract void	setName(java.lang.String name) Set the name provided by the user.

Method Detail

getDefaultName

java.lang.String getDefaultName()
                                throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the default name for this callback. This is set in the constructor.

Returns:

The default name for this callback, or null if none was provided.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getPrompt

java.lang.String getPrompt()
                           throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the prompt string to use when asking for the name.

Returns:

The prompt string, or null if none was set by the constructor.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

getName

java.lang.String getName()
                         throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the name that was set by the callback handler, hopefully provided by the user.

Returns:

The name set by the callback handler, or null if none was entered.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.

setName

void setName(java.lang.String name)
             throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Set the name provided by the user. This method is called by the callback handler.

Parameters:

name - The name provided by the user to authenticate.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - in the event of remote object failure.