On 5/23/07, Mark Phippard <markphip@gmail.com> wrote:
> JavaHL has this callback feature it uses for various purposes. A
> recent (1.4?) change appears to be to call the callback when asking
> for the passphrase on an http client certificate. When it does this,
> it uses this method:
>
>
> /**
> * ask the user a question where she answers with a text.
> * @param realm for which server realm this information is
> * requested.
> * @param question question to be asked
> * @param showAnswer if the answer is shown or hidden
> * @return the entered text or null if canceled
> */
> public String askQuestion(String realm, String question,
> boolean showAnswer);
>
>
> Since we have had this callback implemented in Subclipse for years, I
> am pretty sure this is the first time this method was ever actually
> called by Subversion code. We always thought the boolean showAnswer
> was an odd field. As in why does it even exist? Anyway, in this
> scenario we are getting called by Subversion with a value of false in
> this field. Consequently, our dialog did not give the user a field to
> type the answer into. In this case, the passphrase.
>
> Can someone look at the C++ code that is calling this and see why the
> boolean was false? I just wonder if the method was not documented
> correctly or something. For now, we just changed our dialog to ignore
> that value.
>
> I can file an issue, but will wait until I hear something.
I haven't actually looked, but I assume "showanswer" translates to
"should the password you're typing in be starred out, or should it
show up visible to the user as it's typed in".
-garrett
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Received on Wed May 23 19:36:10 2007