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package java.security;
import javax.security.auth.Subject;
import javax.security.auth.login.LoginException;
import javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler;
/**
* This class defines login and logout methods for a provider.
*
* While callers may invoke {@code login} directly,
* the provider may also invoke {@code login} on behalf of callers
* if it determines that a login must be performed
* prior to certain operations.
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public abstract class AuthProvider extends Provider {
@java.io.Serial
private static final long serialVersionUID = 4197859053084546461L;
/**
* Constructs a provider with the specified name, version number,
* and information.
*
* @param name the provider name.
* @param version the provider version number.
* @param info a description of the provider and its services.
* @deprecated use {@link #AuthProvider(String, String, String)} instead.
*/
@Deprecated(since="9")
protected AuthProvider(String name, double version, String info) {
super(name, Double.toString(version), info);
}
/**
* Constructs a provider with the specified name, version string,
* and information.
*
* @param name the provider name.
* @param versionStr the provider version string.
* @param info a description of the provider and its services.
* @since 9
*/
protected AuthProvider(String name, String versionStr, String info) {
super(name, versionStr, info);
}
/**
* Log in to this provider.
*
*
The provider relies on a {@code CallbackHandler}
* to obtain authentication information from the caller
* (a PIN, for example). If the caller passes a {@code null}
* handler to this method, the provider uses the handler set in the
* {@code setCallbackHandler} method.
* If no handler was set in that method, the provider queries the
* auth.login.defaultCallbackHandler security property
* for the fully qualified class name of a default handler implementation.
* If the security property is not set,
* the provider is assumed to have alternative means
* for obtaining authentication information.
*
* @param subject the {@code Subject} which may contain
* principals/credentials used for authentication,
* or may be populated with additional principals/credentials
* after successful authentication has completed.
* This parameter may be {@code null}.
* @param handler the {@code CallbackHandler} used by
* this provider to obtain authentication information
* from the caller, which may be {@code null}
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if the provider requires configuration
* and {@link configure} has not been called
* @throws LoginException if the login operation fails
* @throws SecurityException if the caller does not pass a
* security check for
* {@code SecurityPermission("authProvider.name")},
* where {@code name} is the value returned by
* this provider's {@code getName} method
*/
public abstract void login(Subject subject, CallbackHandler handler)
throws LoginException;
/**
* Log out from this provider.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if the provider requires configuration
* and {@link configure} has not been called
* @throws LoginException if the logout operation fails
* @throws SecurityException if the caller does not pass a
* security check for
* {@code SecurityPermission("authProvider.name")},
* where {@code name} is the value returned by
* this provider's {@code getName} method
*/
public abstract void logout() throws LoginException;
/**
* Set a {@code CallbackHandler}.
*
*
The provider uses this handler if one is not passed to the
* {@code login} method. The provider also uses this handler
* if it invokes {@code login} on behalf of callers.
* In either case if a handler is not set via this method,
* the provider queries the
* auth.login.defaultCallbackHandler security property
* for the fully qualified class name of a default handler implementation.
* If the security property is not set,
* the provider is assumed to have alternative means
* for obtaining authentication information.
*
* @param handler a {@code CallbackHandler} for obtaining
* authentication information, which may be {@code null}
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if the provider requires configuration
* and {@link configure} has not been called
* @throws SecurityException if the caller does not pass a
* security check for
* {@code SecurityPermission("authProvider.name")},
* where {@code name} is the value returned by
* this provider's {@code getName} method
*/
public abstract void setCallbackHandler(CallbackHandler handler);
}