IAccountAuthenticator.aidl revision 603073430bbcb1bd29db7afb9b14e2732ad589fb 
1/*
2 * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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15 */
16
17package android.accounts;
18
19import android.accounts.IAccountAuthenticatorResponse;
20
21/**
22 * Service that allows the interaction with an authentication server.
23 */
24oneway interface IAccountAuthenticator {
25    /**
26     * prompts the user for account information and adds the result to the IAccountManager
27     */
28    void addAccount(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response, String accountType);
29
30    /**
31     * prompts the user for the credentials of the account
32     */
33    void authenticateAccount(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response, String name,
34        String type, String password);
35
36    /**
37     * gets the password by either prompting the user or querying the IAccountManager
38     */
39    void getAuthToken(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response,
40        String name, String type, String authTokenType);
41
42    /**
43     * does local analysis or uses a service in the cloud
44     */
45    void getPasswordStrength(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response,
46        String accountType, String password);
47
48    /**
49     * checks with the login service in the cloud
50     */
51    void checkUsernameExistence(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response,
52        String accountType, String username);
53
54    /**
55     * prompts the user for a new password and writes it to the IAccountManager
56     */
57    void updatePassword(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response, String name, String type);
58
59    /**
60     * launches an activity that lets the user edit and set the properties for an authenticator
61     */
62    void editProperties(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response, String accountType);
63}
64