| package org.eclipse.team.internal.ccvs.core; |
| |
| /* |
| * (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2001. |
| * All Rights Reserved. |
| */ |
| |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * IUserAuthenticators are used to ensure that the user |
| * is validated for access to a given repository. The |
| * user is prompted for a username and password as |
| * appropriate for the given repository type. |
| */ |
| public interface IUserAuthenticator { |
| /** |
| * Authenticates the user for access to a given repository. |
| * The obtained values for user name and password will be placed |
| * into the supplied user info object. Implementors are allowed to |
| * save user names and passwords. The user should be prompted for |
| * user name and password if there is no saved one, or if <code>retry</code> |
| * is <code>true</code>. |
| * |
| * @param location The repository location to authenticate the user for. |
| * @param info The object to place user validation information into. |
| * @param retry <code>true</code> if a previous attempt to log in failed. |
| * @param message An optional message to display if, e.g., previous authentication failed. |
| * @return true if the validation was successful, and false otherwise. |
| */ |
| public void promptForUserInfo(ICVSRepositoryLocation location, IUserInfo userInfo, String message) throws CVSException; |
| } |