GTlsInteraction

GTlsInteraction — Interaction with the user during TLS operations.

Functions

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GTlsInteraction

Includes

#include <gio/gio.h>

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.

Functions

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.

Parameters

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_invoke_request_certificate ()

GTlsInteractionResult
g_tls_interaction_invoke_request_certificate
                               (GTlsInteraction *interaction,
                                GTlsConnection *connection,
                                GTlsCertificateRequestFlags flags,
                                GCancellable *cancellable,
                                GError **error);

Invoke the interaction to ask the user to choose a certificate to use with the connection. 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 when the peer requests a certificate during the handshake.

Derived subclasses usually implement a certificate selector, although they may also choose to provide a certificate from elsewhere. Alternatively the user may abort this certificate request, which may or may not 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.

Parameters

interaction

a GTlsInteraction object

 

connection

a GTlsConnection object

 

flags

flags providing more information about the request

 

cancellable

an optional GCancellable cancellation object

 

error

an optional location to place an error on failure

 

Returns

The status of the certificate request interaction.

Since: 2.40


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.

Parameters

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.

Parameters

interaction

a GTlsInteraction object

 

password

a GTlsPassword object

 

cancellable

an optional GCancellable cancellation object

 

callback

will be called when the interaction completes.

[nullable]

user_data

data to pass to the callback .

[nullable]

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.

Parameters

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_request_certificate ()

GTlsInteractionResult
g_tls_interaction_request_certificate (GTlsInteraction *interaction,
                                       GTlsConnection *connection,
                                       GTlsCertificateRequestFlags flags,
                                       GCancellable *cancellable,
                                       GError **error);

Run synchronous interaction to ask the user to choose a certificate to use with the connection. In general, g_tls_interaction_invoke_request_certificate() should be used instead of this function.

Derived subclasses usually implement a certificate selector, although they may also choose to provide a certificate from elsewhere. Alternatively the user may abort this certificate request, which will usually abort the TLS connection.

If G_TLS_INTERACTION_HANDLED is returned, then the GTlsConnection passed to g_tls_interaction_request_certificate() will have had its “certificate” 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. Certain implementations may not support immediate cancellation.

Parameters

interaction

a GTlsInteraction object

 

connection

a GTlsConnection object

 

flags

flags providing more information about the request

 

cancellable

an optional GCancellable cancellation object

 

error

an optional location to place an error on failure

 

Returns

The status of the request certificate interaction.

Since: 2.40


g_tls_interaction_request_certificate_async ()

void
g_tls_interaction_request_certificate_async
                               (GTlsInteraction *interaction,
                                GTlsConnection *connection,
                                GTlsCertificateRequestFlags flags,
                                GCancellable *cancellable,
                                GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                gpointer user_data);

Run asynchronous interaction to ask the user for a certificate to use with the connection. In general, g_tls_interaction_invoke_request_certificate() should be used instead of this function.

Derived subclasses usually implement a certificate selector, although they may also choose to provide a certificate from elsewhere. callback will be called when the operation completes. Alternatively the user may abort this certificate request, which will usually abort the TLS connection.

Parameters

interaction

a GTlsInteraction object

 

connection

a GTlsConnection object

 

flags

flags providing more information about the request

 

cancellable

an optional GCancellable cancellation object

 

callback

will be called when the interaction completes.

[nullable]

user_data

data to pass to the callback .

[nullable]

Since: 2.40


g_tls_interaction_request_certificate_finish ()

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

Complete an request certificate user interaction request. This should be once the g_tls_interaction_request_certificate_async() completion callback is called.

If G_TLS_INTERACTION_HANDLED is returned, then the GTlsConnection passed to g_tls_interaction_request_certificate_async() will have had its “certificate” 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.

Parameters

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 request certificate interaction.

Since: 2.40

Types and Values

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

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

Members

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


enum GTlsCertificateRequestFlags

Flags for g_tls_interaction_request_certificate(), g_tls_interaction_request_certificate_async(), and g_tls_interaction_invoke_request_certificate().

Members

G_TLS_CERTIFICATE_REQUEST_NONE

No flags

 

Since: 2.40


struct GTlsInteractionClass

struct GTlsInteractionClass {
  GTlsInteractionResult  (* ask_password)        (GTlsInteraction    *interaction,
                                                  GTlsPassword       *password,
                                                  GCancellable       *cancellable,
                                                  GError            **error);

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

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

  GTlsInteractionResult  (* request_certificate)        (GTlsInteraction              *interaction,
                                                         GTlsConnection               *connection,
                                                         GTlsCertificateRequestFlags   flags,
                                                         GCancellable                 *cancellable,
                                                         GError                      **error);

  void                   (* request_certificate_async)  (GTlsInteraction              *interaction,
                                                         GTlsConnection               *connection,
                                                         GTlsCertificateRequestFlags   flags,
                                                         GCancellable                 *cancellable,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback           callback,
                                                         gpointer                      user_data);

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

The class for GTlsInteraction. Derived classes implement the various virtual interaction methods to handle TLS interactions.

Derived classes can choose to implement whichever interactions methods they'd like to support by overriding those virtual methods in their class initialization function. If a derived class implements an async method, it must also implement the corresponding finish method.

The synchronous interaction methods should implement to display modal dialogs, and the asynchronous methods to display modeless dialogs.

If the user cancels an interaction, then the result should be G_TLS_INTERACTION_FAILED and the error should be set with a domain of G_IO_ERROR and code of G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED.

Members

ask_password ()

ask for a password synchronously. If the implementation returns G_TLS_INTERACTION_HANDLED, then the password argument should have been filled in by using g_tls_password_set_value() or a similar function.

 

ask_password_async ()

ask for a password asynchronously.

 

ask_password_finish ()

complete operation to ask for a password asynchronously. If the implementation returns G_TLS_INTERACTION_HANDLED, then the password argument of the async method should have been filled in by using g_tls_password_set_value() or a similar function.

 

request_certificate ()

ask for a certificate synchronously. If the implementation returns G_TLS_INTERACTION_HANDLED, then the connection argument should have been filled in by using g_tls_connection_set_certificate().

 

request_certificate_async ()

ask for a certificate asynchronously.

 

request_certificate_finish ()

complete operation to ask for a certificate asynchronously. If the implementation returns G_TLS_INTERACTION_HANDLED, then the connection argument of the async method should have been filled in by using g_tls_connection_set_certificate().

 

Since: 2.30