ch.qos.logback.core.net

Class LoginAuthenticator

java.lang.Object

javax.mail.Authenticator

ch.qos.logback.core.net.LoginAuthenticator

public class LoginAuthenticator
extends Authenticator

Used by SMTPAppender for authentication purposes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PasswordAuthentication	getPasswordAuthentication() Called when password authentication is needed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getPasswordAuthentication

public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication()

Description copied from class: Authenticator

Called when password authentication is needed. Subclasses should override the default implementation, which returns null.

Note that if this method uses a dialog to prompt the user for this information, the dialog needs to block until the user supplies the information. This method can not simply return after showing the dialog.

Returns:

The PasswordAuthentication collected from the user, or null if none is provided.