AbstractAuthenticable (GlobalMentor Core 0.6.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.globalmentor.net.AbstractAuthenticable

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultPasswordAuthenticable
```
public abstract class AbstractAuthenticable
extends java.lang.Object
implements Authenticable
```
Abstract authenticator implementation.

Author:

Garret Wilson

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractAuthenticable()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.net.PasswordAuthentication`	`getPasswordAuthentication(java.lang.String prompt)`	Determines password information in relation to a given description.
`java.net.PasswordAuthentication`	`getPasswordAuthentication(java.net.URI uri, java.lang.String prompt)`	Determines password information in relation to a given URI and description.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.globalmentor.net.Authenticable
getPasswordAuthentication

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractAuthenticable
```
public AbstractAuthenticable()
```
- Method Detail
  - getPasswordAuthentication
```
public java.net.PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication(java.lang.String prompt)
```
    Determines password information in relation to a given description. This version delegates to getPasswordAuthentication(URI, String).
    
    Specified by:
    
    getPasswordAuthentication in interface Authenticable
    
    Parameters:
    
    prompt - A description of the authentication.
    
    Returns:
    
    The password authentication collected from the user, or null if none is provided.
  - getPasswordAuthentication
```
public java.net.PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication(java.net.URI uri,
                                                                 java.lang.String prompt)
```
    Determines password information in relation to a given URI and description. This version delegates to Authenticable.getPasswordAuthentication(URI, String, String).
    
    Specified by:
    
    getPasswordAuthentication in interface Authenticable
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - The URI for which authentication is requested, or null if there is no relevant URI.
    
    prompt - A description of the authentication.
    
    Returns:
    
    The password authentication collected from the user, or null if none is provided.