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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37413 [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|INVALID | Summary|Endless loop in |Provide feedback mechanism |HttpMethodDirector if |to CredentialsProvider |credentials are invalid | Target Milestone|--- |4.0 ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-11-09 09:57 ------- (In reply to comment #2) > > It is a responsibility of the custom credentials provider to keep > > track of authentication attempts and to ensure that credentials > > known to be invalid are not retried. > > Will invalid credentials be indicated to the credentials provider? > The interface was introduced to implement user dialogs, but it seems > to be used for non-interactive credential stores on a regular basis. > Of course we won't change the 3.0 API, but we should keep that in > mind for 4.0, or maybe even 3.1. > > /** Indicates that credentials have been rejected by a host or proxy. */ > public void invalidCredentials(AuthScheme, String host, int port, > boolean proxy, Credentials) > > cheers, > Roland Roland, This issue highlights the problem that we kept on adding features to HttpClient at the expense of API quality. We need to take a hard look at the whole HttpState / Credentials story in the course of 4.0 API redesign. Oleg -- Configure bugmail: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
