com.ssh.sft Interface Authenticator

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com.ssh.sft
Interface Authenticator

public interface Authenticator

The Dialog during Authentication process. In general, for being able to deal with the Authentication within a custom made application, it is requiered to to create an object that implements the interface Authenticator. The function : String authenticate(String request) throws AuthenticationException; Will have to be implemented, and it is the one that will be called when Broker will request all user interaction. It will receive a String "Request" in XML, and the function will have to return a String "Reply" in XML. In Windows platforms, if no authenticator is passed to the Object, broker GUI wll perform the Authentication dialog.

Method Summary
`String`	`authenticate(String request)` Respond to an authentication query.

Method Detail

authenticate

public String authenticate(String request)
                    throws AuthenticationException

Respond to an authentication query.

Parameters:: request - the authentication query in XML
Returns:: a response to the query, e.g. a password or pass phrase
Throws:: AuthenticationException - if a response cannot be given