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

Rob Weltman wrote:
> 
> Steve Sonntag wrote:
> 
> > From draft-...-api-07
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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?

That sounds useful to me.

-- 
Mark Smith
iPlanet Directory Architect / Sun-Netscape Alliance
My words are my own, not my employer's.   Got LDAP?