GTlsInteraction

GTlsInteraction — Interaction with the user during TLS operations.

Synopsis

#include <gio/gio.h>

                    GTlsInteraction;
enum                GTlsInteractionResult;
GTlsInteractionResult g_tls_interaction_ask_password    (GTlsInteraction *interaction,
                                                         GTlsPassword *password,
                                                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                         GError **error);
void                g_tls_interaction_ask_password_async
                                                        (GTlsInteraction *interaction,
                                                         GTlsPassword *password,
                                                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);
GTlsInteractionResult g_tls_interaction_ask_password_finish
                                                        (GTlsInteraction *interaction,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);
GTlsInteractionResult g_tls_interaction_invoke_ask_password
                                                        (GTlsInteraction *interaction,
                                                         GTlsPassword *password,
                                                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                         GError **error);

Object Hierarchy

  GObject
   +----GTlsInteraction

Description

GTlsInteraction provides a mechanism for the TLS connection and database code to interact with the user. It can be used to ask the user for passwords.

To use a GTlsInteraction with a TLS connection use g_tls_connection_set_interaction().

Callers should instantiate a derived class that implements the various interaction methods to show the required dialogs.

Callers should use the 'invoke' functions like g_tls_interaction_invoke_ask_password() to run interaction methods. These functions make sure that the interaction is invoked in the main loop and not in the current thread, if the current thread is not running the main loop.

Derived classes can choose to implement whichever interactions methods they'd like to support by overriding those virtual methods in their class initialization function. Any interactions not implemented will return G_TLS_INTERACTION_UNHANDLED. If a derived class implements an async method, it must also implement the corresponding finish method.

Details

GTlsInteraction

typedef struct _GTlsInteraction GTlsInteraction;

An object representing interaction that the TLS connection and database might have with the user.

Since 2.30


enum GTlsInteractionResult

typedef enum {
  G_TLS_INTERACTION_UNHANDLED,
  G_TLS_INTERACTION_HANDLED,
  G_TLS_INTERACTION_FAILED
} GTlsInteractionResult;

GTlsInteractionResult is returned by various functions in GTlsInteraction when finishing an interaction request.

G_TLS_INTERACTION_UNHANDLED

The interaction was unhandled (i.e. not implemented).

G_TLS_INTERACTION_HANDLED

The interaction completed, and resulting data is available.

G_TLS_INTERACTION_FAILED

The interaction has failed, or was cancelled. and the operation should be aborted.

Since 2.30


g_tls_interaction_ask_password ()

GTlsInteractionResult g_tls_interaction_ask_password    (GTlsInteraction *interaction,
                                                         GTlsPassword *password,
                                                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                         GError **error);

Run synchronous interaction to ask the user for a password. In general, g_tls_interaction_invoke_ask_password() should be used instead of this function.

Derived subclasses usually implement a password prompt, although they may also choose to provide a password from elsewhere. The password value will be filled in and then callback will be called. Alternatively the user may abort this password request, which will usually abort the TLS connection.

If the interaction is cancelled by the cancellation object, or by the user then G_TLS_INTERACTION_FAILED will be returned with an error that contains a G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED error code. Certain implementations may not support immediate cancellation.

interaction :

a GTlsInteraction object

password :

a GTlsPassword object

cancellable :

an optional GCancellable cancellation object

error :

an optional location to place an error on failure

Returns :

The status of the ask password interaction.

Since 2.30


g_tls_interaction_ask_password_async ()

void                g_tls_interaction_ask_password_async
                                                        (GTlsInteraction *interaction,
                                                         GTlsPassword *password,
                                                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Run asynchronous interaction to ask the user for a password. In general, g_tls_interaction_invoke_ask_password() should be used instead of this function.

Derived subclasses usually implement a password prompt, although they may also choose to provide a password from elsewhere. The password value will be filled in and then callback will be called. Alternatively the user may abort this password request, which will usually abort the TLS connection.

If the interaction is cancelled by the cancellation object, or by the user then G_TLS_INTERACTION_FAILED will be returned with an error that contains a G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED error code. Certain implementations may not support immediate cancellation.

Certain implementations may not support immediate cancellation.

interaction :

a GTlsInteraction object

password :

a GTlsPassword object

cancellable :

an optional GCancellable cancellation object

callback :

will be called when the interaction completes. [allow-none]

user_data :

data to pass to the callback. [allow-none]

Since 2.30


g_tls_interaction_ask_password_finish ()

GTlsInteractionResult g_tls_interaction_ask_password_finish
                                                        (GTlsInteraction *interaction,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Complete an ask password user interaction request. This should be once the g_tls_interaction_ask_password_async() completion callback is called.

If G_TLS_INTERACTION_HANDLED is returned, then the GTlsPassword passed to g_tls_interaction_ask_password() will have its password filled in.

If the interaction is cancelled by the cancellation object, or by the user then G_TLS_INTERACTION_FAILED will be returned with an error that contains a G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED error code.

interaction :

a GTlsInteraction object

result :

the result passed to the callback

error :

an optional location to place an error on failure

Returns :

The status of the ask password interaction.

Since 2.30


g_tls_interaction_invoke_ask_password ()

GTlsInteractionResult g_tls_interaction_invoke_ask_password
                                                        (GTlsInteraction *interaction,
                                                         GTlsPassword *password,
                                                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                         GError **error);

Invoke the interaction to ask the user for a password. It invokes this interaction in the main loop, specifically the GMainContext returned by g_main_context_get_thread_default() when the interaction is created. This is called by called by GTlsConnection or GTlsDatabase to ask the user for a password.

Derived subclasses usually implement a password prompt, although they may also choose to provide a password from elsewhere. The password value will be filled in and then callback will be called. Alternatively the user may abort this password request, which will usually abort the TLS connection.

The implementation can either be a synchronous (eg: modal dialog) or an asynchronous one (eg: modeless dialog). This function will take care of calling which ever one correctly.

If the interaction is cancelled by the cancellation object, or by the user then G_TLS_INTERACTION_FAILED will be returned with an error that contains a G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED error code. Certain implementations may not support immediate cancellation.

interaction :

a GTlsInteraction object

password :

a GTlsPassword object

cancellable :

an optional GCancellable cancellation object

error :

an optional location to place an error on failure

Returns :

The status of the ask password interaction.

Since 2.30