Module java.base
Package javax.security.auth.callback
This package provides the classes necessary for services to interact with applications in order to retrieve information (authentication data including usernames or passwords, for example) or to display information (error and warning messages, for example).
- Since:
- 1.4
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Interface Summary Interface Description Callback Implementations of this interface are passed to aCallbackHandler
, allowing underlying security services the ability to interact with a calling application to retrieve specific authentication data such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.CallbackHandler 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. -
Class Summary Class Description ChoiceCallback Underlying security services instantiate and pass aChoiceCallback
to thehandle
method of aCallbackHandler
to display a list of choices and to retrieve the selected choice(s).ConfirmationCallback Underlying security services instantiate and pass aConfirmationCallback
to thehandle
method of aCallbackHandler
to ask for YES/NO, OK/CANCEL, YES/NO/CANCEL or other similar confirmations.LanguageCallback Underlying security services instantiate and pass aLanguageCallback
to thehandle
method of aCallbackHandler
to retrieve theLocale
used for localizing text.NameCallback Underlying security services instantiate and pass aNameCallback
to thehandle
method of aCallbackHandler
to retrieve name information.PasswordCallback Underlying security services instantiate and pass aPasswordCallback
to thehandle
method of aCallbackHandler
to retrieve password information.TextInputCallback Underlying security services instantiate and pass aTextInputCallback
to thehandle
method of aCallbackHandler
to retrieve generic text information.TextOutputCallback Underlying security services instantiate and pass aTextOutputCallback
to thehandle
method of aCallbackHandler
to display information messages, warning messages and error messages. -
Exception Summary Exception Description UnsupportedCallbackException Signals that aCallbackHandler
does not recognize a particularCallback
.