javax.security.auth.message.callback

Class PasswordValidationCallback

java.lang.Object

javax.security.auth.message.callback.PasswordValidationCallback

All Implemented Interfaces:

javax.security.auth.callback.Callback

public class PasswordValidationCallback
extends java.lang.Object
implements javax.security.auth.callback.Callback

Callback for PasswordValidation.

Since:

May 11, 2006

Version:

$Revision$

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private char[]	password
private boolean	resultOfAuthentication
private javax.security.auth.Subject	subject
private java.lang.String	username

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PasswordValidationCallback(javax.security.auth.Subject subject, java.lang.String username, char[] password) Create a new PasswordValidationCallback.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	clearPassword() Clear the password.
char[]	getPassword() Get the password.
boolean	getResult() Get the authentication result.
javax.security.auth.Subject	getSubject()
java.lang.String	getUsername() Get the username.
void	setResult(boolean result) Set the authentication result.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

username

private java.lang.String username

password

private char[] password

resultOfAuthentication

private boolean resultOfAuthentication

subject

private javax.security.auth.Subject subject

Constructor Detail

PasswordValidationCallback

public PasswordValidationCallback(javax.security.auth.Subject subject,
                                  java.lang.String username,
                                  char[] password)

Create a new PasswordValidationCallback.

Parameters:

username - the username to authenticate

password - the user's password, which may be null.

Method Detail

clearPassword

public void clearPassword()

Clear the password.

getPassword

public char[] getPassword()

Get the password. Note that this method returns a reference to the password. If a clone of the array is created it is the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is no longer needed.

Returns:

the password, which may be null.

getSubject

public javax.security.auth.Subject getSubject()

getResult

public boolean getResult()

Get the authentication result.

Returns:

true if authentication succeeded, false otherwise

getUsername

public java.lang.String getUsername()

Get the username.

Returns:

the username.

setResult

public void setResult(boolean result)

Set the authentication result.

Parameters:

result - true if authentication succeeded, false otherwise