oracle.jdeveloper.cm
Interface ConnectInfoPrompter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConnectInformationDialog

public interface ConnectInfoPrompter

The ConnectInfoPrompter interface describes how ConnectionManager expects to be able to prompt users for security information.

See Also:

ConnectionManager, ConnectionManager.setPrompter(ConnectInfoPrompter)

Method Summary

void	promptUser(ConnectionDescriptor descriptor) implementors of the promptUser method should take the given descriptor and prompt the user to fill in any necessary security information.

Method Detail

promptUser

public void promptUser(ConnectionDescriptor descriptor)
                throws CMException

implementors of the promptUser method should take the given descriptor and prompt the user to fill in any necessary security information. The call to promptUser should not return until the user has interacted with whatever prompt is displayed.

Parameters:

descriptor - the ConnectionDescriptor object to be filled in. NOTE: for security reasons, this object will never contain the user's password; any password contained within descriptor will be stripped out prior to this call.

Throws:

CMException - thrown if there is any problem prompting the user for connection information, or if the user canceled the prompt.