XGAuthenticator.h

Overview

This header file describes the abstract interface of a generic authenticator. This interface is intended to be used by concrete authenticator subclasses.

Classes

XGAuthenticator: An XGAuthenticator class is used by the XGConnection class to perform authentication of the connection.

Typedefs

XGAuthenticatorState

XGAuthenticatorState

typedef enum { 
    XGAuthenticatorStateUnauthenticated = 0, 
    XGAuthenticatorStateAuthenticating, 
    XGAuthenticatorStateAuthenticated, 
    XGAuthenticatorStateFailed 
} XGAuthenticatorState;

Constants

XGAuthenticatorStateUnauthenticated: The initial state of the authenticator.
XGAuthenticatorStateAuthenticating: The authenticator enters this state immediately following reception of the -startAuthenticating message.
XGAuthenticatorStateAuthenticated: The authenticator enters this state immediately following the successful authentication of the connection.
XGAuthenticatorStateFailed: The authenticator enters this state immediately following an unsucessful authentication of the connection.

Discussion

The XGAuthenticatorState enum defines constants that are used by the authenticator to specify which state it is in.

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Last Updated: 2009-08-12