com.sas.services.security
Class RemotePasswordCallback

com.sas.services.security.RemotePasswordCallback

All Implemented Interfaces:

RemoteCallbackInterface, RemotePasswordCallbackInterface, java.io.Serializable, java.rmi.Remote, javax.security.auth.callback.Callback

public class RemotePasswordCallback
implements RemotePasswordCallbackInterface

This is an instance of a PasswordCallback that's remoteable. This class can be used by clients, but typically, they will implement the javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler interface and deal with the local versions of those callbacks, and use Challenger to convert to/from these remote versions.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

RemotePasswordCallback(java.lang.String prompt, boolean isEchoOn)
Creates a new instance with a prompt string.

Method Summary

void	ClearPassword() Clears the password.
char[]	getPassword() Gets the password.
java.lang.String	getPrompt() Gets the prompt.
boolean	isEchoOn() Determines whether or not echo is on.
void	setPassword(char[] password) Sets the password.

Constructor Detail

RemotePasswordCallback

public RemotePasswordCallback(java.lang.String prompt,
                              boolean isEchoOn)
                       throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Creates a new instance with a prompt string.

The remote object will be exported to the RMI system using the specified socket factories.

Parameters:

prompt - The String to display when asking the user for their username.

isEchoOn - A boolean to instruct the application to echo input or not.

Throws:

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

Method Detail

ClearPassword

public void ClearPassword()

Clears the password.

Specified by:

ClearPassword in interface RemotePasswordCallbackInterface

getPassword

public char[] getPassword()

Gets the password.

Specified by:

getPassword in interface RemotePasswordCallbackInterface

Returns:

Password

setPassword

public void setPassword(char[] password)

Sets the password.

Specified by:

setPassword in interface RemotePasswordCallbackInterface

Parameters:

password - Password

getPrompt

public java.lang.String getPrompt()

Gets the prompt.

Specified by:

getPrompt in interface RemotePasswordCallbackInterface

Returns:

Callback's prompt.

isEchoOn

public boolean isEchoOn()

Determines whether or not echo is on.

Specified by:

isEchoOn in interface RemotePasswordCallbackInterface

Returns:

true if echo is on.