uk.ac.starlink.table.jdbc
Class SwingAuthenticator

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.starlink.table.jdbc.SwingAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

JDBCAuthenticator

public class SwingAuthenticator
extends java.lang.Object
implements JDBCAuthenticator

Implements JDBCAuthenticator using a GUI.

Constructor Summary

SwingAuthenticator()

Method Summary

java.lang.String[]	authenticate() This implementation of authenticate takes care to execute any GUI interactions on the AWT event dipatch thread, so it may be called from any thread.
java.awt.Component	getParentComponent() Returns the parent component for this authenticator; this may affect the positioning of the dialog box.
void	setParentComponent(java.awt.Component parent) Sets the parent component for this authenticator; this may affect the positioning of the dialog box.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SwingAuthenticator

public SwingAuthenticator()

Method Detail

setParentComponent

public void setParentComponent(java.awt.Component parent)

Sets the parent component for this authenticator; this may affect the positioning of the dialog box.

Parameters:

parent - the parent component for the dialog box - may be null

getParentComponent

public java.awt.Component getParentComponent()

Returns the parent component for this authenticator; this may affect the positioning of the dialog box.

Returns:

the parent component for the dialog box - may be null

authenticate

public java.lang.String[] authenticate()
                                throws java.io.IOException

This implementation of authenticate takes care to execute any GUI interactions on the AWT event dipatch thread, so it may be called from any thread.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface JDBCAuthenticator

Returns:

String[]{username,password}

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there is some error