Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

Uses of Package
javax.security.auth.callback

Packages that use javax.security.auth.callback
java.security Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework. 
javax.security.auth.callback This package provides the classes necessary for services to interact with applications in order to retrieve information (authentication data including usernames or passwords, for example) or to display information (error and warning messages, for example). 
javax.security.auth.login This package provides a pluggable authentication framework. 
javax.security.auth.spi This package provides the interface to be used for implementing pluggable authentication modules. 
javax.security.sasl Contains class and interfaces for supporting SASL. 
 

Classes in javax.security.auth.callback used by java.security
CallbackHandler
           An application implements a CallbackHandler and passes it to underlying security services so that they may interact with the application to retrieve specific authentication data, such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
 

Classes in javax.security.auth.callback used by javax.security.auth.callback
Callback
           Implementations of this interface are passed to a CallbackHandler, allowing underlying security services the ability to interact with a calling application to retrieve specific authentication data such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
UnsupportedCallbackException
          Signals that a CallbackHandler does not recognize a particular Callback.
 

Classes in javax.security.auth.callback used by javax.security.auth.login
CallbackHandler
           An application implements a CallbackHandler and passes it to underlying security services so that they may interact with the application to retrieve specific authentication data, such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
 

Classes in javax.security.auth.callback used by javax.security.auth.spi
CallbackHandler
           An application implements a CallbackHandler and passes it to underlying security services so that they may interact with the application to retrieve specific authentication data, such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
 

Classes in javax.security.auth.callback used by javax.security.sasl
Callback
           Implementations of this interface are passed to a CallbackHandler, allowing underlying security services the ability to interact with a calling application to retrieve specific authentication data such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
CallbackHandler
           An application implements a CallbackHandler and passes it to underlying security services so that they may interact with the application to retrieve specific authentication data, such as usernames and passwords, or to display certain information, such as error and warning messages.
ChoiceCallback
           Underlying security services instantiate and pass a ChoiceCallback to the handle method of a CallbackHandler to display a list of choices and to retrieve the selected choice(s).
TextInputCallback
           Underlying security services instantiate and pass a TextInputCallback to the handle method of a CallbackHandler to retrieve generic text information.
 


Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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