public abstract class Authenticator
extends Object 

Author:

Bill Foote, Bill Shannon

See Also:

Authenticator, Session.getInstance(java.util.Properties, javax.mail.Authenticator), Session.getDefaultInstance(java.util.Properties, javax.mail.Authenticator), Session.requestPasswordAuthentication(java.net.InetAddress, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String), PasswordAuthentication

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor and Description
  Authenticator ()

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  protected String	getDefaultUserName ()
  protected PasswordAuthentication	getPasswordAuthentication () Called when password authentication is needed.
  protected int	getRequestingPort ()
  protected String	getRequestingPrompt ()
  protected String	getRequestingProtocol () Give the protocol that's requesting the connection.
  protected InetAddress	getRequestingSite ()

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

• Constructor Detail

  • Authenticator

    public Authenticator()

• Method Detail

  • getRequestingSite

    protected final InetAddress getRequestingSite()

    Returns:

    the InetAddress of the site requesting authorization, or null if it's not available.

  • getRequestingPort

    protected final int getRequestingPort()

    Returns:

    the port for the requested connection

  • getRequestingProtocol

    protected final String getRequestingProtocol()

    Give the protocol that's requesting the connection. Often this will be based on a URLName.

    Returns:

    the protcol

    See Also:

    URLName.getProtocol()

  • getRequestingPrompt

    protected final String getRequestingPrompt()

    Returns:

    the prompt string given by the requestor

  • getDefaultUserName

    protected final String getDefaultUserName()

    Returns:

    the default user name given by the requestor

  • getPasswordAuthentication

    protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication()

    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.

    Returns:

    The PasswordAuthentication collected from the user, or null if none is provided.