Package alpine.server.auth

Class Authenticator

java.lang.Object

alpine.server.auth.Authenticator

public class Authenticator
extends Object

Class is responsible for authenticating managed users against the internal user database and optionally against a configured directory service (LDAP).

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Steve Springett

See Also:

• AuthenticationService
• ManagedUserAuthenticationService
• LdapAuthenticationService

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Authenticator(String username, String password)	Constructs a new Authenticator object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Principal	authenticate()	Attempts to authenticate the credentials internally first and if not successful, checks to see if LDAP is enabled or not.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Authenticator

public Authenticator(String username,
 String password)

Constructs a new Authenticator object.

Parameters:

username - the username to assert

password - the password to assert

Method Details

authenticate

public Principal authenticate()
                       throws AlpineAuthenticationException

Attempts to authenticate the credentials internally first and if not successful, checks to see if LDAP is enabled or not. If enabled, a second attempt to authenticate the credentials will be made, but this time against the directory service.

Returns:

a Principal upon successful authentication

Throws:

AlpineAuthenticationException - upon authentication failure

Since:

1.0.0