wt.session
Class SessionAuthenticator

java.lang.Object
  wt.session.SessionAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticator

public class SessionAuthenticator

extends Object

implements Authenticator

An Authenticator implementation based on passing a known session id back and forth to the client.

Supported API: true
Extendable: false

Field Summary

private static String	REAUTH_FLAG_KEY
private static String	RESOURCE
private static String	USER_NAME_KEY

Fields inherited from interface wt.auth.Authenticator

versionID

Constructor Summary

SessionAuthenticator()

Method Summary

String	getUserName(Object auth) Get the authenticated user name associated with the given session authenticator.
MethodAuthenticator	newMethodAuthenticator(String user) Create a new MethodAuthenticator object that will associate endorsed calls to a session with the given user name.
MethodAuthenticator	newMethodAuthenticator(String user, String session_id) Create a new MethodAuthenticator object that will associate endorsed calls from the given session with the given user name.
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

RESOURCE

private static final String RESOURCE

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Constant Field Values

USER_NAME_KEY

private static final String USER_NAME_KEY

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Constant Field Values

REAUTH_FLAG_KEY

private static final String REAUTH_FLAG_KEY

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SessionAuthenticator

public SessionAuthenticator()

Method Detail

newMethodAuthenticator

public MethodAuthenticator newMethodAuthenticator(String user)

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

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 endorsed calls from the given session with the given user name. This can only be called when re-authenticating an existing session.

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 the authenticated user name associated with the given session authenticator. This may trigger authentication if the associated session is not yet authenticated.

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