org.nuxeo.runtime.api.login
Interface Authenticator

All Known Subinterfaces:

UserManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

FakeUserManagerImpl, UserManagerImpl, UserManagerWithComputedGroups

public interface Authenticator

Authenticate the given username against the given password.

This service should be exposed by a user manager framework implementation.

Author:

Bogdan Stefanescu

Method Summary

Principal	authenticate(String name, String password) Get a principal object for the given username if the username / password pair is valid, otherwise returns null.
boolean	checkUsernamePassword(String name, String password) Check the password for the given username.

Method Detail

authenticate

Principal authenticate(String name,
                       String password)
                       throws Exception

Get a principal object for the given username if the username / password pair is valid, otherwise returns null.

This method is doing the authentication of the given username / password pair and returns the corresponding principal object if authentication succeeded otherwise returns null.

Parameters:

name -

password -

Returns:

the authenticated principal if authentication succeded otherwise null

Throws:

Exception - - if an exception occurs

checkUsernamePassword

boolean checkUsernamePassword(String name,
                              String password)
                              throws Exception

Check the password for the given username. Returns true if the username / password pair match, false otherwise.

Parameters:

name - the username

password - the password to check

Returns:

true is valid, false otherwise

Throws:

Exception - - if an exception occurs