Package com.zerog.ia.api.pub.controls

Class IAOSXSecureTextService

java.lang.Object

com.zerog.ia.api.pub.controls.IAOSXSecureTextService

public class IAOSXSecureTextService
extends java.lang.Object

The IAOSXSecureTextService class exposes OSX secure services to be used on external text fields in custom codes of OSX authenticated installers due to an inherent bug with java in case of elevations.

Example of use:

IAOSXSecureTextService osxSecureService = new IAOSXSecureTextService();
osxSecureService.showSecureTextFieldAndGetInput(.....);
osxSecureService.isSecureTextServicesSupported()


Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
IAOSXSecureTextService()	Main constructor of the IAOSXSecureTextService class

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isSecureTextServicesSupported()	Returns if secure text services is supported on OS X in case of authenticated installers
java.lang.String	showSecureTextFieldAndGetInput(java.lang.String messageTitle, java.lang.String messagePrompt, java.lang.String okButtonText, java.lang.String cancelButtonText, java.lang.String defaultValueInTextBox)	Display secure text field on OS X in case of authenticated installers
java.lang.String	showSecureTextFieldAndGetInput(java.lang.String messageTitle, java.lang.String messagePrompt, java.lang.String okButtonText, java.lang.String cancelButtonText, java.lang.String defaultValueInTextBox, boolean isPwdTextField)	Display secure text field with input characters shadowed/normal on OS X in case of authenticated installers

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

IAOSXSecureTextService

public IAOSXSecureTextService()

Main constructor of the IAOSXSecureTextService class

Method Detail

isSecureTextServicesSupported

public boolean isSecureTextServicesSupported()

Returns if secure text services is supported on OS X in case of authenticated installers

Returns:

true/false if OS X secure text services is supported

showSecureTextFieldAndGetInput

public java.lang.String showSecureTextFieldAndGetInput(java.lang.String messageTitle,
                                                       java.lang.String messagePrompt,
                                                       java.lang.String okButtonText,
                                                       java.lang.String cancelButtonText,
                                                       java.lang.String defaultValueInTextBox)

Display secure text field on OS X in case of authenticated installers

Returns:

Returns string from the secure text field

showSecureTextFieldAndGetInput

public java.lang.String showSecureTextFieldAndGetInput(java.lang.String messageTitle,
                                                       java.lang.String messagePrompt,
                                                       java.lang.String okButtonText,
                                                       java.lang.String cancelButtonText,
                                                       java.lang.String defaultValueInTextBox,
                                                       boolean isPwdTextField)

Display secure text field with input characters shadowed/normal on OS X in case of authenticated installers

Returns:

Returns string from the secure text field