org.acplt.oncrpc.server
Class OncRpcServerAuth

java.lang.Object
  org.acplt.oncrpc.server.OncRpcServerAuth

Direct Known Subclasses:

OncRpcServerAuthNone, OncRpcServerAuthShort, OncRpcServerAuthUnix

public abstract class OncRpcServerAuth
extends java.lang.Object

The OncRpcServerAuth class is the base class and factory for handling all protocol issues of ONC/RPC authentication on the server side.

Constructor Summary

OncRpcServerAuth()

Method Summary

abstract int	getAuthenticationType() Returns the type (flavor) of authentication used.
abstract void	xdrDecodeCredVerf(XdrDecodingStream xdr) Decodes -- that is: deserializes -- an ONC/RPC authentication object (credential & verifier) on the server side.
abstract void	xdrEncodeVerf(XdrEncodingStream xdr) Encodes -- that is: serializes -- an ONC/RPC authentication object (its verifier) on the server side.
static OncRpcServerAuth	xdrNew(XdrDecodingStream xdr, OncRpcServerAuth recycle) Restores (deserializes) an authentication object from an XDR stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OncRpcServerAuth

public OncRpcServerAuth()

Method Detail

getAuthenticationType

public abstract int getAuthenticationType()

Returns the type (flavor) of authentication used.

Returns:

Authentication type used by this authentication object.

xdrNew

public static final OncRpcServerAuth xdrNew(XdrDecodingStream xdr,
                                            OncRpcServerAuth recycle)
                                     throws OncRpcException,
                                            java.io.IOException

Restores (deserializes) an authentication object from an XDR stream.

Parameters:

xdr - XDR stream from which the authentication object is restored.

recycle - old authtentication object which is intended to be reused in case it is of the same authentication type as the new one just arriving from the XDR stream.

Returns:

Authentication information encapsulated in an object, whose class is derived from OncRpcServerAuth.

Throws:

OncRpcException - if an ONC/RPC error occurs.

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

xdrDecodeCredVerf

public abstract void xdrDecodeCredVerf(XdrDecodingStream xdr)
                                throws OncRpcException,
                                       java.io.IOException

Decodes -- that is: deserializes -- an ONC/RPC authentication object (credential & verifier) on the server side.

Throws:

OncRpcException - if an ONC/RPC error occurs.

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

xdrEncodeVerf

public abstract void xdrEncodeVerf(XdrEncodingStream xdr)
                            throws OncRpcException,
                                   java.io.IOException

Encodes -- that is: serializes -- an ONC/RPC authentication object (its verifier) on the server side.

Throws:

OncRpcException - if an ONC/RPC error occurs.

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.