Package com.logicaldoc.core.security.authentication

Class DefaultAuthenticator

java.lang.Object

com.logicaldoc.core.security.authentication.AbstractAuthenticator

com.logicaldoc.core.security.authentication.DefaultAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticator

public class DefaultAuthenticator
extends AbstractAuthenticator

This is the basic authentication mechanism, that searches for the user in the LogicalDOC database.

Since:

4.5

Author:

Sebastian Wenzky

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DefaultAuthenticator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
User	authenticate(String username, String password)	Authenticates the user using the given credentials, if successful, the corresponding user is returned.
User	authenticate(String username, String password, String key, Client client)	Authenticates the user using the given credentials, if successful, the corresponding user is returned.
User	pickUser(String username)	This method does not authenticate the user but just retrieves his details
void	setUserDAO(UserDAO userDAO)
void	validateUser(User user)	Perform some security validations on the user but does not check the password.

Methods inherited from class com.logicaldoc.core.security.authentication.AbstractAuthenticator

authenticate, canAuthenticateUser, isEnabled

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DefaultAuthenticator

public DefaultAuthenticator()

Method Details

setUserDAO

public void setUserDAO(UserDAO userDAO)

authenticate

public User authenticate(String username,
 String password)
                  throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from interface: Authenticator

Authenticates the user using the given credentials, if successful, the corresponding user is returned.

Parameters:

username - the username

password - the password

Returns:

The user, or null if the authentication was unsuccessful

Throws:

AuthenticationException

authenticate

public User authenticate(String username,
 String password,
 String key,
 Client client)
                  throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from interface: Authenticator

Authenticates the user using the given credentials, if successful, the corresponding user is returned.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface Authenticator

Overrides:

authenticate in class AbstractAuthenticator

Parameters:

username - the username

password - the password

key - Optional third authentication parameter

client - Client informations

Returns:

The user, or null if the authentication was unsuccessful

Throws:

AuthenticationException

pickUser

public User pickUser(String username)
              throws PersistenceException

Description copied from interface: Authenticator

This method does not authenticate the user but just retrieves his details

Parameters:

username - username of the user to find

Returns:

object representation of the user

Throws:

PersistenceException - Error in data layer

validateUser

public void validateUser(User user)
                  throws AuthenticationException

Perform some security validations on the user but does not check the password.

Parameters:

user - The user to validate

Throws:

AuthenticationException - I something did not pass