wt.auth
Interface Authenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

SessionAuthenticator, SimpleAuthenticator

public interface Authenticator

Authenticator interface. Implementation objects are responsible for securly associating method calls to client identity through the use of MethodAuthenticator objects that endorse client calls.

Supported API: true

Method Summary

String	getUserName(Object auth) Get authenticated user name.
MethodAuthenticator	newMethodAuthenticator(String user) Create a new MethodAuthenticator object that will associate the given user name to endorsed method calls.
MethodAuthenticator	newMethodAuthenticator(String user, String session_id) Create a new MethodAuthenticator object that will associate the given user name to endorsed method calls for an existing session.
void	reauthenticateUser(Object auth) Initiate re-authentication for the current session.
Object	setUserName(String user) Set authenticated user name.

Method Detail

newMethodAuthenticator

MethodAuthenticator newMethodAuthenticator(String user)

Create a new MethodAuthenticator object that will associate the given user name to endorsed method calls.

Supported API: true

Parameters:

user - the authenticated user name

Returns:

MethodAuthenticator object

newMethodAuthenticator

MethodAuthenticator newMethodAuthenticator(String user,
                                           String session_id)

Create a new MethodAuthenticator object that will associate the given user name to endorsed method calls for an existing session.

Supported API: true

Parameters:

user - the authenticated user name

session_id - string identifying the target session

Returns:

MethodAuthenticator object

getUserName

String getUserName(Object auth)

Get authenticated user name. This method uses an authentication object added to the method call by a MethodAuthenticator endorsement to determine the authenticated user name.

Supported API: true

Parameters:

auth - authentication object for the current call

Returns:

the authenticated user name

setUserName

Object setUserName(String user)

Set authenticated user name. This method returns an authentication object that will cause cause getUserName to return the given name.

Supported API: true

Parameters:

user - authenticated user name

Returns:

authentication object for the current call

reauthenticateUser

void reauthenticateUser(Object auth)

Initiate re-authentication for the current session.

Supported API: true

Parameters:

auth - authentication object for the current call