com.logicaldoc.core.security.authentication

Interface AuthenticationProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticationChain, BasicAuthentication

public interface AuthenticationProvider

Implementations of this interface must provide authentication of a user against a defined source.

Since:

4.5

Author:

Sebastian Wenzky

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	authenticate(String username, String password) Authenticates the user using the given credentials, if successful a new session will be created.
boolean	authenticate(String username, String password, Object userObject) Authenticates the user using the given credentials, if successful a new session will be created.
boolean	isEnabled() A provider can be in a disabled state
boolean	validateOnUser(String user)

Method Detail

authenticate

boolean authenticate(String username,
                   String password,
                   Object userObject)

Authenticates the user using the given credentials, if successful a new session will be created.

Parameters:

username -

password -

userObject - Opaque object that will be associated to the session

Returns:

True only on successful authentication

authenticate

boolean authenticate(String username,
                   String password)

Authenticates the user using the given credentials, if successful a new session will be created.

Parameters:

username -

password -

Returns:

True only on successful authentication

validateOnUser

boolean validateOnUser(String user)

isEnabled

boolean isEnabled()

A provider can be in a disabled state