org.mmbase.security
Class NoAuthentication

java.lang.Object
  org.mmbase.security.Configurable
      org.mmbase.security.Authentication
          org.mmbase.security.NoAuthentication

public final class NoAuthentication

extends Authentication

This class is used when no authentication is configured. Every credential is rewarded with a UserContext object. So every attempt to log in will succeed.

Version:

$Id: NoAuthentication.java,v 1.7 2003/11/26 20:50:49 michiel Exp $

Author:

Eduard Witteveen

See Also:

UserContext

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.mmbase.security.Configurable

configFile, fileWatcher, manager

Constructor Summary

NoAuthentication()

Method Summary

boolean	isValid(UserContext usercontext) Users remain valid always.
protected void	load() This method does nothing
UserContext	login(java.lang.String application, java.util.Map loginInfo, java.lang.Object[] parameters) Returns always the same object (an user 'anonymous'with rank 'administrator'')

Methods inherited from class org.mmbase.security.Configurable

load

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NoAuthentication

public NoAuthentication()

Method Detail

load

protected void load()

This method does nothing

Specified by:

load in class Configurable

login

public UserContext login(java.lang.String application,
                         java.util.Map loginInfo,
                         java.lang.Object[] parameters)
                  throws SecurityException

Returns always the same object (an user 'anonymous'with rank 'administrator'')

Specified by:

login in class Authentication

Parameters:

application - A String that further specifies the login method (one implementation could handle more then one methods) A typical value might be 'username/password'.

loginInfo - A Map containing the credentials or other objects which might be used to obtain them (e.g. request/response objects). It might also be 'null', in which case your implementation normally should return the 'anonymous' user (or null, if no such user can be defined).

parameters - A list of optional parameters, may also (and will often) be null.

Returns:

nullThrows:

SecurityException - When something strang happened

See Also:

UserContext

isValid

public boolean isValid(UserContext usercontext)
                throws SecurityException

Users remain valid always.

Specified by:

isValid in class Authentication

Parameters:

usercontext - The UserContext of which we want to know the rights

Returns:

true

Throws:

SecurityException - When something strang happend