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An interface representing the methods that should be implemented by an authentication service. The authentication service is used to determine if a user is authenticated, and whether they are a member of a particular group.
Method Summary | |
boolean |
authenticate(java.lang.String user,
java.lang.String password)
Determine if a user/password are valid according to the authentication service. |
java.util.HashMap |
getAttributes(java.lang.String foruser)
Get attributes describing a user or group |
java.util.HashMap |
getAttributes(java.lang.String user,
java.lang.String password,
java.lang.String foruser)
Get attributes describing a user or group |
java.lang.String[][] |
getGroups(java.lang.String user,
java.lang.String password)
Get all groups from the authentication service |
java.lang.String[][] |
getGroups(java.lang.String user,
java.lang.String password,
java.lang.String foruser)
Get the groups for a particular user from the authentication service |
java.lang.String |
getPrincipals(java.lang.String user,
java.lang.String password)
Get all groups and users from authentication service. |
java.lang.String[][] |
getUsers(java.lang.String user,
java.lang.String password)
Get all users from the authentication service |
java.lang.String[] |
getUsers(java.lang.String user,
java.lang.String password,
java.lang.String group)
Get the users for a particular group from the authentication service |
Method Detail |
public boolean authenticate(java.lang.String user, java.lang.String password) throws java.net.ConnectException
user
- the name of the principal to authenticatepassword
- the password to use for authentication
java.net.ConnectException
public java.lang.String[][] getUsers(java.lang.String user, java.lang.String password) throws java.net.ConnectException
java.net.ConnectException
public java.lang.String[] getUsers(java.lang.String user, java.lang.String password, java.lang.String group) throws java.net.ConnectException
java.net.ConnectException
public java.lang.String[][] getGroups(java.lang.String user, java.lang.String password) throws java.net.ConnectException
java.net.ConnectException
public java.lang.String[][] getGroups(java.lang.String user, java.lang.String password, java.lang.String foruser) throws java.net.ConnectException
java.net.ConnectException
public java.util.HashMap getAttributes(java.lang.String foruser) throws java.net.ConnectException
java.net.ConnectException
public java.util.HashMap getAttributes(java.lang.String user, java.lang.String password, java.lang.String foruser) throws java.net.ConnectException
user
- the user for which the attribute list is requestedpassword
- the password for authenticating against the service
java.net.ConnectException
public java.lang.String getPrincipals(java.lang.String user, java.lang.String password) throws java.net.ConnectException
user
- the user which requests the informationpassword
- the user's password
java.net.ConnectException
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