TextCallbackHandler

extends Object
implements CallbackHandler

java.lang.Object
↳	com.sun.security.auth.callback.TextCallbackHandler

Class Overview

Prompts and reads from the command line for answers to authentication questions. This can be used by a JAAS application to instantiate a CallbackHandler

Summary

Public Constructors
	TextCallbackHandler() Creates a callback handler that prompts and reads from the command line for answers to authentication questions.

Public Methods
void	handle(Callback[] callbacks) Handles the specified set of callbacks.

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Inherited Methods

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
void	finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object.
final void	notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
final void	notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the object.
final void	wait() Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.

From interface javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler

Public Constructors

public TextCallbackHandler ()

Creates a callback handler that prompts and reads from the command line for answers to authentication questions. This can be used by JAAS applications to instantiate a CallbackHandler.

Public Methods

public void handle (Callback[] callbacks)

Handles the specified set of callbacks.

Parameters

callbacks	the callbacks to handle

Throws

IOException	if an input or output error occurs.
UnsupportedCallbackException	if the callback is not an instance of NameCallback or PasswordCallback

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