Retro68/gcc/libjava/classpath/javax/security/sasl/SaslServerFactory.java
Wolfgang Thaller aaf905ce07 add gcc 4.70
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/* SaslServerFactory.java
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package javax.security.sasl;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler;
/**
* <p>An interface for creating instances of {@link SaslServer}. A class that
* implements this interface must be thread-safe and handle multiple
* simultaneous requests. It must also have a public constructor that accepts
* no arguments.</p>
*
* <p>This interface is not normally accessed directly by a server, which will
* use the {@link Sasl} static methods to create a {@link SaslServer} instance
* instead. However, a particular environment may provide and install a new or
* different <code>SaslServerFactory</code>.</p>
*
* @see SaslServer
* @see Sasl
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface SaslServerFactory
{
/**
* Creates a {@link SaslServer} instance using the parameters supplied. It
* returns <code>null</code> if no {@link SaslServer} instance can be created
* using the parameters supplied. Throws {@link SaslException} if it cannot
* create a {@link SaslServer} because of an error.
*
* @param mechanism the non-null IANA-registered name of a SASL mechanism
* (e.g. "GSSAPI", "CRAM-MD5").
* @param protocol the non-null string name of the protocol for which the
* authentication is being performed (e.g. "ldap").
* @param serverName the non-null fully qualified host name of the server to
* authenticate to.
* @param props the possibly null set of properties used to select the SASL
* mechanism and to configure the authentication exchange of the selected
* mechanism. See the {@link Sasl} class for a list of standard properties.
* Other, possibly mechanism-specific, properties can be included. Properties
* not relevant to the selected mechanism are ignored.
* @param cbh the possibly null callback handler to used by the SASL
* mechanisms to get further information from the application/library to
* complete the authentication. For example, a SASL mechanism might require
* the authentication ID, password and realm from the caller. The
* authentication ID is requested by using a
* {@link javax.security.auth.callback.NameCallback}. The password is
* requested by using a {@link javax.security.auth.callback.PasswordCallback}.
* The realm is requested by using a {@link RealmChoiceCallback} if there is
* a list of realms to choose from, and by using a {@link RealmCallback} if
* the realm must be entered.
* @return a possibly null {@link SaslServer} created using the parameters
* supplied. If <code>null</code> is returned, it means that this factory
* cannot produce a {@link SaslServer} using the parameters supplied.
* @throws SaslException if a SaslServer instance cannot be created because
* of an error.
*/
SaslServer createSaslServer(String mechanism, String protocol,
String serverName, Map<String, ?> props,
CallbackHandler cbh)
throws SaslException;
/**
* Returns an array of names of mechanisms that match the specified mechanism
* selection policies.
*
* @param props the possibly <code>null</code> set of properties used to
* specify the security policy of the SASL mechanisms. For example, if props
* contains the {@link Sasl#POLICY_NOPLAINTEXT} property with the value
* <code>"true"</code>, then the factory must not return any SASL mechanisms
* that are susceptible to simple plain passive attacks. See the {@link Sasl}
* class for a complete list of policy properties. Non-policy related
* properties, if present in props, are ignored.
* @return a non-null array containing IANA-registered SASL mechanism names.
*/
String[] getMechanismNames(Map<String, ?> props);
}