org.acegisecurity.providers.jaas
Class JaasPasswordCallbackHandler

java.lang.Object
  org.acegisecurity.providers.jaas.JaasPasswordCallbackHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

JaasAuthenticationCallbackHandler

public class JaasPasswordCallbackHandler
extends Object
implements JaasAuthenticationCallbackHandler

The most basic Callbacks to be handled when using a LoginContext from JAAS, are the NameCallback and PasswordCallback. The acegi security framework provides the JaasPasswordCallbackHandler specifically tailored to handling the PasswordCallback.

Version:

$Id: JaasPasswordCallbackHandler.java,v 1.4 2005/11/17 00:55:52 benalex Exp $

Author:

Ray Krueger

See Also:

Callback, PasswordCallback

Constructor Summary

JaasPasswordCallbackHandler()

Method Summary

void	handle(Callback callback, Authentication auth) If the callback passed to the 'handle' method is an instance of PasswordCallback, the JaasPasswordCallbackHandler will call, callback.setPassword(authentication.getCredentials().toString()).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JaasPasswordCallbackHandler

public JaasPasswordCallbackHandler()

Method Detail

handle

public void handle(Callback callback,
                   Authentication auth)
            throws IOException,
                   UnsupportedCallbackException

If the callback passed to the 'handle' method is an instance of PasswordCallback, the JaasPasswordCallbackHandler will call, callback.setPassword(authentication.getCredentials().toString()).

Specified by:

handle in interface JaasAuthenticationCallbackHandler

Parameters:

callback -

auth -

Throws:

IOException

UnsupportedCallbackException