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package javax.mail;

import java.net.InetAddress;

/**
 * The class Authenticator represents an object that knows how to obtain
 * authentication for a network connection.  Usually, it will do this
 * by prompting the user for information.
 * 

* Applications use this class by creating a subclass, and registering * an instance of that subclass with the session when it is created. * When authentication is required, the system will invoke a method * on the subclass (like getPasswordAuthentication). The subclass's * method can query about the authentication being requested with a * number of inherited methods (getRequestingXXX()), and form an * appropriate message for the user. *

* All methods that request authentication have a default implementation * that fails. * * @see java.net.Authenticator * @see javax.mail.Session#getInstance(java.util.Properties, * javax.mail.Authenticator) * @see javax.mail.Session#getDefaultInstance(java.util.Properties, * javax.mail.Authenticator) * @see javax.mail.Session#requestPasswordAuthentication * @see javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication * * @author Bill Foote * @author Bill Shannon */ // There are no abstract methods, but to be useful the user must // subclass. public abstract class Authenticator { private InetAddress requestingSite; private int requestingPort; private String requestingProtocol; private String requestingPrompt; private String requestingUserName; /** * Ask the authenticator for a password. *

* * @param addr The InetAddress of the site requesting authorization, * or null if not known. * @param port the port for the requested connection * @param protocol The protocol that's requesting the connection * (@see java.net.Authenticator.getProtocol()) * @param prompt A prompt string for the user * * @return The username/password, or null if one can't be gotten. */ final synchronized PasswordAuthentication requestPasswordAuthentication( InetAddress addr, int port, String protocol, String prompt, String defaultUserName) { requestingSite = addr; requestingPort = port; requestingProtocol = protocol; requestingPrompt = prompt; requestingUserName = defaultUserName; return getPasswordAuthentication(); } /** * @return the InetAddress of the site requesting authorization, or null * if it's not available. */ protected final InetAddress getRequestingSite() { return requestingSite; } /** * @return the port for the requested connection */ protected final int getRequestingPort() { return requestingPort; } /** * Give the protocol that's requesting the connection. Often this * will be based on a URLName. * * @return the protcol * * @see javax.mail.URLName#getProtocol */ protected final String getRequestingProtocol() { return requestingProtocol; } /** * @return the prompt string given by the requestor */ protected final String getRequestingPrompt() { return requestingPrompt; } /** * @return the default user name given by the requestor */ protected final String getDefaultUserName() { return requestingUserName; } /** * Called when password authentication is needed. Subclasses should * override the default implementation, which returns null.

* * Note that if this method uses a dialog to prompt the user for this * information, the dialog needs to block until the user supplies the * information. This method can not simply return after showing the * dialog. * @return The PasswordAuthentication collected from the * user, or null if none is provided. */ protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() { return null; } }





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