org.apache.lenya.ac.impl
Class UserAuthenticator

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled
      org.apache.lenya.ac.impl.UserAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component, org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.LogEnabled, org.apache.lenya.ac.Authenticator

public class UserAuthenticator
extends org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled
implements org.apache.lenya.ac.Authenticator

User authenticator.

Version:

$Id: UserAuthenticator.java 593543 2007-11-09 14:39:04Z andreas $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.lenya.ac.Authenticator

ROLE

Constructor Summary

UserAuthenticator()

Method Summary

boolean	authenticate(org.apache.lenya.ac.AccreditableManager accreditableManager, org.apache.cocoon.environment.Request request)
protected boolean	authenticate(org.apache.lenya.ac.AccreditableManager accreditableManager, java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password, org.apache.lenya.ac.Identity identity) Authenticates a user with a given username and password.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled

enableLogging, getLogger, setupLogger, setupLogger, setupLogger

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UserAuthenticator

public UserAuthenticator()

Method Detail

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(org.apache.lenya.ac.AccreditableManager accreditableManager,
                            org.apache.cocoon.environment.Request request)
                     throws org.apache.lenya.ac.AccessControlException

Specified by:

authenticate in interface org.apache.lenya.ac.Authenticator

Throws:

org.apache.lenya.ac.AccessControlException

See Also:

Note that this implementation first checks if the user has authenticated over basic HTTP authentication. If yes, it uses these credentials.

authenticate

protected boolean authenticate(org.apache.lenya.ac.AccreditableManager accreditableManager,
                               java.lang.String username,
                               java.lang.String password,
                               org.apache.lenya.ac.Identity identity)
                        throws org.apache.lenya.ac.AccessControlException

Authenticates a user with a given username and password. When the authentication is successful, the user is added to the identity.

Parameters:

accreditableManager - The accreditable manager.

username - The username.

password - The password.

identity - The identity to add the user to.

Returns:

true if the user was authenticated, false otherwise.

Throws:

org.apache.lenya.ac.AccessControlException - when something went wrong.