SecurityRealmInterface

Overview

Package

Class

Use

Deprecated

Index

Home >> All >> org >> securityfilter >> [ realm overview ]

PREV CLASS NEXT CLASS

SUMMARY:

JAVADOC |

Sourc code of org.securityfilter.realm.SecurityRealmInterface

SOURCE |

Download org.securityfilter.realm.SecurityRealmInterface

DOWNLOAD | NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD

DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD

org.securityfilter.realm
Interface SecurityRealmInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:: SimpleSecurityRealmBase

public interface SecurityRealmInterface

SecurityRealmInterface - realm interface for SecurityFilter. Implement this interface to provide a realm implementation against which SecurityFilter can authenticate and authortize users. Typically, a project will implement this interface or adapt an existing realm implementation to this interface.

Version:: $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2003/01/06 00:17:25 $

Method Summary

java.security.Principal authenticate(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password)
Authenticate a user.

boolean isUserInRole(java.security.Principal principal, java.lang.String rolename)
Test for role membership.

Method Detail

authenticate

public java.security.Principal authenticate(java.lang.String username,
                                            java.lang.String password)

Authenticate a user.

isUserInRole

public boolean isUserInRole(java.security.Principal principal,
                            java.lang.String rolename)

Test for role membership. Use Principal.getName() to get the username from the principal object.