On 5/23/07, Garrett Rooney <rooneg@electricjellyfish.net> wrote:
> 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".
That sound you hear is me smacking my forehead.
--
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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Received on Wed May 23 20:38:50 2007