wt.auth
Class SimpleAuthenticator

java.lang.Object
  wt.auth.SimpleAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticator

public class SimpleAuthenticator

extends Object

implements Authenticator

A simple Authenticator implementation based on passing the validated user name back and forth to the client.

Supported API: true
Extendable: false

Field Summary

private static String	RESOURCE
private static String	versionID

Constructor Summary

SimpleAuthenticator()

Method Summary

String	getUserName(Object auth) Get authenticated user name.
MethodAuthenticator	newMethodAuthenticator(String user) Create a new MethodAuthenticator object that will associate the given user name to endorsed method calls.
MethodAuthenticator	newMethodAuthenticator(String user, String session_id) Create a new MethodAuthenticator object that will associate the given user name to endorsed method calls for an existing session.
void	reauthenticateUser(Object auth) Initiate re-authentication for the current session.
Object	setUserName(String user) Set authenticated user name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

versionID

private static final String versionID

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Constant Field Values

RESOURCE

private static final String RESOURCE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SimpleAuthenticator

public SimpleAuthenticator()

Method Detail

newMethodAuthenticator

public MethodAuthenticator newMethodAuthenticator(String user)

Create a new MethodAuthenticator object that will associate the given user name to endorsed method calls.

Supported API: false

Specified by:

newMethodAuthenticator in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

user - the authenticated user name

Returns:

MethodAuthenticator object

newMethodAuthenticator

public MethodAuthenticator newMethodAuthenticator(String user,
                                                  String session_id)

Create a new MethodAuthenticator object that will associate the given user name to endorsed method calls for an existing session. This method should never be called because SimpleAuthenticator does not support the notion of sessions.

Supported API: false

Specified by:

newMethodAuthenticator in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

user - the authenticated user name

session_id - string identifying the target session

Returns:

MethodAuthenticator object

getUserName

public String getUserName(Object auth)

Get authenticated user name. This method uses an authentication object added to the method call by a MethodAuthenticator endorsement to determine the authenticated user name.

Supported API: false

Specified by:

getUserName in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

auth - authentication object for the current call

Returns:

the authenticated user name

setUserName

public Object setUserName(String user)

Set authenticated user name. This method returns an authentication object that will cause cause getUserName to return the given name.

Supported API: false

Specified by:

setUserName in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

user - authenticated user name

Returns:

authentication object for the current call

reauthenticateUser

public void reauthenticateUser(Object auth)

Initiate re-authentication for the current session.

Supported API: false

Specified by:

reauthenticateUser in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

auth - authentication object for the current call