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Diffstat (limited to 'libjava/java/net/Authenticator.java')
| -rw-r--r-- | libjava/java/net/Authenticator.java | 34 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/java/net/Authenticator.java b/libjava/java/net/Authenticator.java index f6ad9dd27b0..e1e322b3bb1 100644 --- a/libjava/java/net/Authenticator.java +++ b/libjava/java/net/Authenticator.java @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ setDefault(Authenticator def_auth) * @param port The port requesting authentication * @param protocol The protocol requesting authentication * @param prompt The prompt to display to the user when requesting - authentication info + * authentication info * @param scheme The authentication scheme in use * * @return A <code>PasswordAuthentication</code> object with the user's @@ -169,8 +169,33 @@ requestPasswordAuthentication(InetAddress addr, int port, String protocol, } /** - * @since 1.4 - */ + * This method is called whenever a username and password for a given + * network operation is required. First, a security check is made to see + * if the caller has the "requestPasswordAuthentication" + * permission. If not, the method thows an exception. If there is no + * default <code>Authenticator</code> object, the method then returns + * <code>null</code>. Otherwise, the default authenticators's instance + * variables are initialized and it's <code>getPasswordAuthentication</code> + * method is called to get the actual authentication information to return. + * This method is the preferred one as it can be used with hostname + * when addr is unknown. + * + * @param host The hostname requesting authentication + * @param addr The address requesting authentication + * @param port The port requesting authentication + * @param protocol The protocol requesting authentication + * @param prompt The prompt to display to the user when requesting + * authentication info + * @param scheme The authentication scheme in use + * + * @return A <code>PasswordAuthentication</code> object with the user's + * authentication info. + * + * @exception SecurityException If the caller does not have permission to + * perform this operation + * + * @since 1.4 + */ public static PasswordAuthentication requestPasswordAuthentication(String host, InetAddress addr, int port, String protocol, String prompt, String scheme) @@ -194,6 +219,9 @@ requestPasswordAuthentication(String host, InetAddress addr, int port, } /** + * Returns the hostname of the host or proxy requesting authorization, + * or null if not available. + * * @since 1.4 */ protected final String getRequestingHost() |
