Re: draft-...-java-api-07 -LDAPConnection.getAuthenticationPassword()

[rweltman@netscape.com (Rob Weltman)]

Steve Sonntag wrote:

> From draft-...-api-07
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> > 5.6.5 getAuthenticationPassword> >    public String getAuthenticationPassword()> >    Returns the password used for simple authentication by this object.>   null is returned if no authentication has been performed.
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> Should there be a behavior defined when authentication is not simple?

  How about returning null?

  Maybe there is a need for a method to determine the type of authentication in effect?

Rob


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