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Authenticator.SetDefault(Authenticator) Method

Definition

Sets the authenticator that will be used by the networking code when a proxy or an HTTP server asks for authentication.

[Android.Runtime.Register("setDefault", "(Ljava/net/Authenticator;)V", "")]
public static void SetDefault (Java.Net.Authenticator? a);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("setDefault", "(Ljava/net/Authenticator;)V", "")>]
static member SetDefault : Java.Net.Authenticator -> unit

Parameters

a
Authenticator

The authenticator to be set. If a is null then any previously set authenticator is removed.

Attributes

Remarks

Sets the authenticator that will be used by the networking code when a proxy or an HTTP server asks for authentication.

First, if there is a security manager, its checkPermission method is called with a NetPermission("setDefaultAuthenticator") permission. This may result in a java.lang.SecurityException.

Java documentation for java.net.Authenticator.setDefault(java.net.Authenticator).

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Applies to