org.jboss.remoting3.security
Interface ServerAuthenticationProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleServerAuthenticationProvider

public interface ServerAuthenticationProvider

Method Summary

AuthorizingCallbackHandler

getCallbackHandler(String mechanismName) Get a callback handler for the given mechanism name.

Method Detail

getCallbackHandler

AuthorizingCallbackHandler getCallbackHandler(String mechanismName)

Get a callback handler for the given mechanism name. This method is called each time a mechanism is selected for the connection and the resulting AuthorizingCallbackHandler will be cached and used multiple times for this connection, AuthorizingCallbackHandler should either be thread safe or the ServerAuthenticationProvider should provide a new instance each time called.

Parameters:

mechanismName - the SASL mechanism to get a callback handler for

Returns:

the callback handler or null if the mechanism is not supported