GSSAPI::Status(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation GSSAPI::Status(3)NAME
GSSAPI::Status - methods for handlings GSSAPI statuses
SYNOPSIS
use GSSAPI;
$status = GSSAPI::Status->new(GSS_S_COMPLETE, 0);
if (GSS_ERROR($status->major)) {
die "a horrible death";
}
if (! $status) { # another way of writing the above
die "a horrible death";
}
$status = $some_GSSAPI->someop($args1, etc);
if ($status) {
foreach ($status->generic_message, $status->specific_message) {
print "GSSAPI error: $_\n";
}
die "help me";
}
DESCRIPTION
"GSSAPI::Status" objects are returned by most other GSSAPI operations.
Such statuses consist of a GSSAPI generic code and, for most
operations, a mechanism specific code. These numeric codes can be
accessed via the methods "major" and "minor". The standard textual
messages that go with the current status can be obtained via the
"generic_message" and "specific_message" methods. Each of these
returns a list of text which should presumably be displayed in order.
The generic code part of a GSSAPI::Status is composed of three
subfields that can be accessed with the "GSS_CALLING_ERROR",
"GSS_ROUTINE_ERROR", and "GSS_SUPPLEMENTARY_INFO" functions. The
returned values can be compared against the constants whose names start
with "GSS_S_" if your code wants to handle particular errors itself.
The "GSS_ERROR" function returns true if and only if the given generic
code contains neither a calling error nor a routine error.
When evaluated in a boolean context, a "GSSAPI::Status" object will be
true if and only if the major status code is "GSS_S_COMPLETE".
When evaluated in a string contect, a "GSSAPI::Status" object will
return the generic and specific messages all joined together with
newlines. This may or may not make "die $status" work usefully.
BUGS
The base objects are currently implmented as a blessed C structure
containing the major and minor status codes. It should probably be a
blessed array or hash instead, thereby cutting down on the amount of C
code involved and making it more flexible.
AUTHOR
Philip Guenther <pguen@cpan.org>
SEE ALSOperl(1) RFC2743
perl v5.12.5 2008-02-02 GSSAPI::Status(3)
