Re: java api bind() methods

[Rob Weltman <robw@coscend.com>]

"Kurt D. Zeilenga" wrote:
> 
> At 03:15 PM 4/4/01 -0700, Rob Weltman wrote:
> >"Kurt D. Zeilenga" wrote:
> >> If the application wants to do a DIGEST-MD5 authentication with
> >> an bind name of "cn=john" and a SASL authentication identity of
> >> "mary", the LDAP API should provide facilities to accomplish.
> >> If this is not possible with the current LDAP API then the API
> >> is flawed.
> >
> >  That is supported.
> 
> It's not obvious to me how to do it.  An example would
> do wonders.
> 
>         Kurt

  class MarysCallbackHandler implements CallbackHandler {
      public void handle(Callback[] callbacks)
          throws IOException, UnsupportedCallbackException {
          for (int i = 0; i < callbacks.length; i++) {
             if (callbacks[i] instanceof NameCallback) {
                 NameCallback nc = (NameCallback)callbacks[i];
                 nc.setName( "mary" );
             } else if (callbacks[i] instanceof PasswordCallback) {
                 ...
             }
          }
      }
  }
...
...
   
  ldc.bind( "cn=john",
            new String[] {"DIGEST-MD5"},
            null,
            new MarysCallbackHandler() );


  For how to use callback handlers and callbacks, see http://java.sun.com/security/jaas/doc/api.html#CallbackHandler.

Rob