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

[Steve Sonntag <VTAG@novell.com>]

I agree, there ought to be a way to determine the type of authentication.

I don't like returning null, though, as that means "no authentication has
been performed" which may not be the case.  Maybe there ought to be
a more generic function, i.e. return a credential and let the mechanism figure
out what to do with it.

LDAPRebindAuth has the same sort of problem, it is tied to a password, where it probably ought to
be tied to a credential.  This class implies that you can only follow referrals if doing simple authentication.

- Steve Sonntag


> Mark C Smith <mcs@netscape.com> 11-Oct-99 5:39:29 PM >>>
>>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
>

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