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Class MetacatLogin

java.lang.Object
  edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.advancedsearch.MetacatLogin

public class MetacatLogin
extends java.lang.Object

Author:

dcosta MetacatLogin class executes a Metacat login using the Metacat client.

Constructor Summary

MetacatLogin(LoginBean loginBean)
Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean

executeLogin(java.lang.String metacatURL, Metacat metacat) Executes the Metacat login.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MetacatLogin

public MetacatLogin(LoginBean loginBean)

Constructor. Initializes the loginBean object variable.

Parameters:

loginBean - the LoginBean object, holds username and password

Method Detail

executeLogin

public boolean executeLogin(java.lang.String metacatURL,
                            Metacat metacat)

Executes the Metacat login.

Parameters:

metacatURL - URL to the metacat servlet

metacat - a Metacat object, possibly null

Returns:

loginSuccess true if metacat login was successful, else false