core/java/android/accounts/IAccountAuthenticator.aidl

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 * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package android.accounts;

import android.accounts.IAccountAuthenticatorResponse;
import android.accounts.Account;
import android.os.Bundle;

/**
 * Service that allows the interaction with an authentication server.
 */
oneway interface IAccountAuthenticator {
    /**
     * prompts the user for account information and adds the result to the IAccountManager
     */
    void addAccount(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response, String accountType,
        String authTokenType, in Bundle options);

    /**
     * Checks that the account/password combination is valid.
     * @deprecated
     */
    void confirmPassword(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response,
        in Account account, String password);

    /**
     * prompts the user for the credentials of the account
     */
    void confirmCredentials(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response, in Account account);

    /**
     * gets the password by either prompting the user or querying the IAccountManager
     */
    void getAuthToken(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response, in Account account,
        String authTokenType, in Bundle options);

    /**
     * prompts the user for a new password and writes it to the IAccountManager
     */
    void updateCredentials(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response, in Account account,
        String authTokenType, in Bundle options);

    /**
     * launches an activity that lets the user edit and set the properties for an authenticator
     */
    void editProperties(in IAccountAuthenticatorResponse response, String accountType);
}