gnu.crypto.sasl
Interface IAuthInfoProviderFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthInfoProviderFactory

public interface IAuthInfoProviderFactory

The visible method of every authentication information provider factory.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Method Summary

IAuthInfoProvider

getInstance(java.lang.String mechanism) Returns an implementation of a provider for a designated mechanism capable of honouring IAuthInfoProvider requests.

Method Detail

getInstance

public IAuthInfoProvider getInstance(java.lang.String mechanism)

Returns an implementation of a provider for a designated mechanism capable of honouring IAuthInfoProvider requests.

Parameters:

mechanism - the unique name of a mechanism.

Returns:

an implementation of IAuthInfoProvider for that mechanism or null if none found.