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Interface CallbackHandler

public interfaceCallbackHandler

An application implements aCallbackHandler and passes it to underlying security services so that they may interact with the application to retrieve specific authentication data, such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.

CallbackHandlers are implemented in an application-dependent fashion. For example, implementations for an application with a graphical user interface (GUI) may pop up windows to prompt for requested information or to display error messages. An implementation may also choose to obtain requested information from an alternate source without asking the end user.

Underlying security services make requests for different types of information by passing individual Callbacks to theCallbackHandler. TheCallbackHandler implementation decides how to retrieve and display information depending on the Callbacks passed to it. For example, if the underlying service needs a username and password to authenticate a user, it uses aNameCallback andPasswordCallback. TheCallbackHandler can then choose to prompt for a username and password serially, or to prompt for both in a single window.

handle

public voidhandle(Callback[] callbacks)            throws java.io.IOException,UnsupportedCallbackException

Retrieve or display the information requested in the provided Callbacks.

Thehandle method implementation checks the instance(s) of theCallback object(s) passed in to retrieve or display the requested information. The following example is provided to help demonstrate what anhandle method implementation might look like. This example code is for guidance only. Many details, including proper error handling, are left out for simplicity.

 public void handle(Callback[] callbacks) throws IOException, UnsupportedCallbackException { for (int i = 0; i< callbacks.length; i++) {    if (callbacks[i] instanceof TextOutputCallback) { // display the message according to the specified typeTextOutputCallback toc = (TextOutputCallback)callbacks[i];switch (toc.getMessageType()) {case TextOutputCallback.INFORMATION:    System.out.println(td.getMessage());    break;case TextOutputCallback.ERROR:    System.out.println("ERROR: " + td.getMessage());    break;case TextOutputCallback.WARNING:    System.out.println("WARNING: " + td.getMessage());    break;default:    throw new IOException("Unsupported message type: " +td.getMessageType());}    } else if (callbacks[i] instanceof NameCallback) { // prompt the user for a usernameNameCallback nc = (NameCallback)callbacks[i]; // ignore the provided defaultNameSystem.err.print(nc.getPrompt());System.err.flush();nc.setName((new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in))).readLine());    } else if (callbacks[i] instanceof PasswordCallback) { // prompt the user for sensitive informationPasswordCallback pc = (PasswordCallback)callbacks[i];System.err.print(pc.getPrompt());System.err.flush();pc.setPassword(readPassword(System.in));     } else {throw new UnsupportedCallbackException(callbacks[i], "Unrecognized Callback");    } } }   // Reads user password from given input stream. private char[] readPassword(InputStream in) throws IOException {    // insert code to read a user password from the input stream  }

Parameters:

callbacks - an array ofCallback objects providedby an underlying security service which containsthe information requested to be retrieved or displayed.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input or output error occurs.

UnsupportedCallbackException - if the implementation of thismethod does not support one or more of the Callbacksspecified in thecallbacks parameter.