Package alpine.server.auth

Class ManagedUserAuthenticationService

java.lang.Object

alpine.server.auth.ManagedUserAuthenticationService

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthenticationService

public class ManagedUserAuthenticationService
extends Object
implements AuthenticationService

Class that performs authentication against internally managed users.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Steve Springett

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ManagedUserAuthenticationService(String username, String password)	Authentication service validates credentials against internally managed users.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Principal	authenticate()	Authenticates the username/password combo against the directory service and returns a Principal if authentication is successful.
boolean	isSpecified()	Returns whether the username/password combo was specified or not.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ManagedUserAuthenticationService

public ManagedUserAuthenticationService(String username,
 String password)

Authentication service validates credentials against internally managed users.

Parameters:

username - the asserted username

password - the asserted password

Since:

1.0.0

Method Details

isSpecified

public boolean isSpecified()

Returns whether the username/password combo was specified or not. In this case, since the constructor requires it, this method will always return true.

Specified by:

isSpecified in interface AuthenticationService

Returns:

always will return true

Since:

1.0.0

authenticate

public Principal authenticate()
                       throws AlpineAuthenticationException

Authenticates the username/password combo against the directory service and returns a Principal if authentication is successful. Otherwise, returns an AuthenticationException.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface AuthenticationService

Returns:

a Principal if authentication was successful

Throws:

AlpineAuthenticationException - when authentication is unsuccessful

Since:

1.0.0