Package org.neotropic.kuwaiba.core.authentication

Class AbstractAuthenticationProvider

java.lang.Object

org.neotropic.kuwaiba.core.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProvider

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultAuthenticationProvider, LdapAuthenticationProvider

public abstract class AbstractAuthenticationProvider
extends Object

Defines the general behavior of the classes that will authenticate users against different providers, such an Active Directory or the built-in database.

Author:

Charles Edward Bedon Cortazar <charles.bedon@kuwaiba.org>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractAuthenticationProvider()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract void	configureProvider(HashMap<String,Object> parameters)	Sets the parameters necessary for the authentication to work (database handle, Active Directory settings, etc).
abstract Session	login(String user, String password, int sessionType)	Attempts to authenticate a user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractAuthenticationProvider

public AbstractAuthenticationProvider()

Method Detail

configureProvider

public abstract void configureProvider(HashMap<String,Object> parameters)
                                throws AuthenticationException

Sets the parameters necessary for the authentication to work (database handle, Active Directory settings, etc).

Parameters:

parameters - The set of parameters. The implementor must document what is required.

Throws:

AuthenticationException - If something goes wrong, most likely, the parameters are insufficient or not correct.

login

public abstract Session login(String user,
                              String password,
                              int sessionType)
                       throws AuthenticationException

Attempts to authenticate a user.

Parameters:

user - The user.

password - The password.

sessionType - The session type (web, desktop, web service, other)

Returns:

A session object containing the user profile and its privileges, basically.

Throws:

AuthenticationException - If the authentication process is incorrect.