Authentication Token Provider

Identifier:

eu.geclipse.core.authTokenProvider

Since:

0.5

Description:

This extension point is only for internal use. It is not intended to be used outside the g-Eclipse core plugins.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (provider)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id CDATA #IMPLIED

name CDATA #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT provider EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST provider

class CDATA #REQUIRED

priority CDATA #REQUIRED>

class - Implementation of the eu.geclipse.core.auth.IAuthTokenProvider interface that is intended to provide authentication tokens.
priority - All available auth token providers are ordered by their priority. The provider with the highest priority is then asked first if it can provide an auth token. If he cannot the provider with the second highest priority is asked and so forth.

Examples:


<extension point="eu.geclipse.core.authTokenProvider">
  <provider
    class="eu.geclipse.core.auth.CoreAuthTokenProvider"
    priority="0">
  </provider>
</extension>

Supplied Implementation:

The g-Eclipse core comes with a core provider implementation. The only other implementation is provided by the UI. The UI implementation has a higher priority than the core implementation. That means that whenever the UI is available auth token requests are directed to the UI.

Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 g-Eclipse Consortium

All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.

Initial development of the original code was made for the g-Eclipse project founded by European Union project number: FP6-IST-034327 http://www.geclipse.eu.