org.apache.commons.vfs.util
Class UserAuthenticatorUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.vfs.util.UserAuthenticatorUtils

public class UserAuthenticatorUtils

extends Object

some helper

Constructor Summary

UserAuthenticatorUtils()

Method Summary

static UserAuthenticationData	authenticate(FileSystemOptions opts, UserAuthenticationData.Type[] authenticatorTypes) if there is a authenticator the authentication will take place, else null will be reutrned
static UserAuthenticationData	authenticate(UserAuthenticator auth, UserAuthenticationData.Type[] authenticatorTypes) if there is a authenticator the authentication will take place, else null will be reutrned
static void	cleanup(UserAuthenticationData authData) cleanup the data in the UerAuthenticationData (null safe)
static char[]	getData(UserAuthenticationData data, UserAuthenticationData.Type type, char[] overwriddenValue) gets data of given type from the UserAuthenticationData or null if there is no data or data of this type available
static char[]	toChar(String string) converts a string to a char array (null safe)
static String	toString(char[] data) converts the given data to a string (null safe)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UserAuthenticatorUtils

public UserAuthenticatorUtils()

Method Detail

getData

public static char[] getData(UserAuthenticationData data,
                             UserAuthenticationData.Type type,
                             char[] overwriddenValue)

gets data of given type from the UserAuthenticationData or null if there is no data or data of this type available

authenticate

public static UserAuthenticationData authenticate(FileSystemOptions opts,
                                                  UserAuthenticationData.Type[] authenticatorTypes)

if there is a authenticator the authentication will take place, else null will be reutrned

authenticate

public static UserAuthenticationData authenticate(UserAuthenticator auth,
                                                  UserAuthenticationData.Type[] authenticatorTypes)

if there is a authenticator the authentication will take place, else null will be reutrned

toChar

public static char[] toChar(String string)

converts a string to a char array (null safe)

cleanup

public static void cleanup(UserAuthenticationData authData)

cleanup the data in the UerAuthenticationData (null safe)

toString

public static String toString(char[] data)

converts the given data to a string (null safe)