Interface CallbackHandler

Retrieve or display the information requested in the provided Callbacks.

The handle method implementation checks the instance(s) of the Callback object(s) passed in to retrieve or display the requested information. The following example is provided to help demonstrate what an handle method implementation might look like. This example code is for guidance only. Many details, including proper error handling, are left out for simplicity.

public void handle(Callback[] callbacks)
 throws IOException, UnsupportedCallbackException {

   for (int i = 0; i < callbacks.length; i++) {
      if (callbacks[i] instanceof TextOutputCallback) {

          // display the message according to the specified type
          TextOutputCallback toc = (TextOutputCallback)callbacks[i];
          switch (toc.getMessageType()) {
          case TextOutputCallback.INFORMATION:
              System.out.println(toc.getMessage());
              break;
          case TextOutputCallback.ERROR:
              System.out.println("ERROR: " + toc.getMessage());
              break;
          case TextOutputCallback.WARNING:
              System.out.println("WARNING: " + toc.getMessage());
              break;
          default:
              throw new IOException("Unsupported message type: " +
                                  toc.getMessageType());
          }

      } else if (callbacks[i] instanceof NameCallback) {

          // prompt the user for a username
          NameCallback nc = (NameCallback)callbacks[i];

          // ignore the provided defaultName
          System.err.print(nc.getPrompt());
          System.err.flush();
          nc.setName((new BufferedReader
                  (new InputStreamReader(System.in))).readLine());

      } else if (callbacks[i] instanceof PasswordCallback) {

          // prompt the user for sensitive information
          PasswordCallback pc = (PasswordCallback)callbacks[i];
          System.err.print(pc.getPrompt());
          System.err.flush();
          pc.setPassword(readPassword(System.in));

      } else {
          throw new UnsupportedCallbackException
                  (callbacks[i], "Unrecognized Callback");
      }
   }
 }

 // Reads user password from given input stream.
 private char[] readPassword(InputStream in) throws IOException {
    // insert code to read a user password from the input stream
 }