001/* 002 * (C) Copyright 2006-2011 Nuxeo SA (http://nuxeo.com/) and others. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 * 016 * Contributors: 017 * bstefanescu 018 */ 019package org.nuxeo.runtime.api.login; 020 021import javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext; 022import javax.security.auth.login.LoginException; 023 024import org.nuxeo.runtime.api.Framework; 025 026/** 027 * This service is performing a login under another identity without checking the password. 028 * <p> 029 * You must never use this service explicitly in your code since it may be removed in future. Instead you should use 030 * {@link Framework#loginAsUser(String)} 031 * <p> 032 * Implementors must implement this interface and expose the implementation as a Nuxeo service. 033 * 034 * @author <a href="mailto:bs@nuxeo.com">Bogdan Stefanescu</a> 035 * @since 5.4.0.2 036 */ 037public interface LoginAs { 038 039 /** 040 * Perform the Login As. 041 * 042 * @param username 043 * @return 044 * @throws LoginException 045 */ 046 public LoginContext loginAs(String username) throws LoginException; 047 048}