com.sas.services.security
Interface RemotePasswordCallbackInterface

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Implementing Classes:

RemotePasswordCallback

public interface RemotePasswordCallbackInterface
extends RemoteCallbackInterface

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

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

abstract void	ClearPassword() Clear the password stored in this object.
abstract char[]	getPassword() Get the password provided by the user as a character array.
abstract java.lang.String	getPrompt() Get the prompt to display when asking for the password.
abstract boolean	isEchoOn() Get the flag indicating whether to echo input.
abstract void	setPassword(char[] password) Set the password entered by the user.

Method Detail

ClearPassword

void ClearPassword()
                   throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Clear the password stored in this object. This is a security measure to be sure the password isn't laying around in memory after it's no longer needed.

Throws:

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

getPassword

char[] getPassword()
                   throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the password provided by the user as a character array.

Returns:

A character array with the password to authenticate.

Throws:

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

setPassword

void setPassword(char[] password)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Set the password entered by the user.

Parameters:

password - A character array containing the user's password.

Throws:

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

getPrompt

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

Get the prompt to display when asking for the password.

Returns:

The prompt string, or null if none was set.

Throws:

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

isEchoOn

boolean isEchoOn()
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the flag indicating whether to echo input. This flag should be set on the constructor.

Returns:

The echo flag.

Throws:

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