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| author | Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> | 2002-08-28 05:24:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> | 2002-08-28 05:24:10 +0000 |
| commit | f68bb2341099a5d3bec803333003d36ca479cecf (patch) | |
| tree | 6ad3fe18545537481adc5b25e662ce4fc19a1b56 /libjava | |
| parent | 4fb48b9ebd9c0914ea3527b8d91835bdf26aea91 (diff) | |
2002-08-28 Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>
* java/net/Authenticator.java: added some documentation.
git-svn-id: https://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@56628 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
Diffstat (limited to 'libjava')
| -rw-r--r-- | libjava/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | libjava/java/net/Authenticator.java | 34 |
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog index 9ae3d6a6633..b200d604196 100644 --- a/libjava/ChangeLog +++ b/libjava/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2002-08-28 Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> + + * java/net/Authenticator.java: added some documentation. + 2002-08-27 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> * java/lang/reflect/natConstructor.cc (newInstance): Initialize 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() |