SwingAuthenticator (Starjava Table API)

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

Constructors
Constructor Description

SwingAuthenticator()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`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