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How to customize the repository settings dialog? [message #37810]

Mon, 03 December 2007 21:27

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: googelybear.gmail.com

Hi guys,

it's me with yet another question ;-)

I want to customize the repository settings dialog in my connector in
such a way that i uses a 'user key' for authentication instead of a
username/password combination. As far as I can see there is only
createAdditionalControls() available for extension but no 'proper' way
to achieve what I want. Can you give me any advice on how to do this best?

Thanks a lot!

Dennis

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Re: How to customize the repository settings dialog? [message #38163 is a reply to message #37810]

Tue, 04 December 2007 22:51

Steffen Pingel

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Dennis,

this use case has not come up, yet. All existing connectors use username and
password authentication. It would be great if you could file a new bug
report and outline your requirements for the authentication API and user
interface extensibility:

http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/bugs/

Steffen

Dennis R. wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> it's me with yet another question ;-)
>
> I want to customize the repository settings dialog in my connector in
> such a way that i uses a 'user key' for authentication instead of a
> username/password combination. As far as I can see there is only
> createAdditionalControls() available for extension but no 'proper' way
> to achieve what I want. Can you give me any advice on how to do this best?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Dennis

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Re: How to customize the repository settings dialog? [message #38461 is a reply to message #38163]

Fri, 07 December 2007 10:34

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: googelybear.gmail.com

Hi Steffen,

ok I'll do that. Basically we just use for all external applications
(like mylyn) accessing our api a user key to authenticate the user
(instead of username/password). If needed the username can be retrieved
via an api call, so there is no need to force the user to enter this.

Dennis

Steffen Pingel wrote:
> Dennis,
>
> this use case has not come up, yet. All existing connectors use username and
> password authentication. It would be great if you could file a new bug
> report and outline your requirements for the authentication API and user
> interface extensibility:
>
> http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/bugs/
>
> Steffen
>
>
> Dennis R. wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> it's me with yet another question ;-)
>>
>> I want to customize the repository settings dialog in my connector in
>> such a way that i uses a 'user key' for authentication instead of a
>> username/password combination. As far as I can see there is only
>> createAdditionalControls() available for extension but no 'proper' way
>> to achieve what I want. Can you give me any advice on how to do this best?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>> Dennis
>

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