org.mmbase.security.classsecurity
Class ClassAuthentication

java.lang.Object
  org.mmbase.security.classsecurity.ClassAuthentication

public class ClassAuthentication

extends Object

Provides the static utility methods to authenticate by class. Default a file security/<classauthentication.xml> is used for this. If using the wrapper authentication, its configuration file, contains this configuration.

Since:

MMBase-1.8

Version:

$Id: ClassAuthentication.java,v 1.13 2006/07/14 08:16:49 michiel Exp $

Author:

Michiel Meeuwissen

See Also:

ClassAuthenticationWrapper

Nested Class Summary

static class

ClassAuthentication.Login A structure to hold the login information.

Field Summary

static String	DTD_CLASSSECURITY_1_0
static String	PUBLIC_ID_CLASSSECURITY_1_0

Method Summary

static ClassAuthentication.Login	classCheck(String application) Checks wether the (indirectly) calling class is authenticated by the ClassAuthenticationWrapper (using a stack trace).
protected static void	load(String configFile) Reads the configuration file and instantiates and loads the wrapped Authentication.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PUBLIC_ID_CLASSSECURITY_1_0

public static final String PUBLIC_ID_CLASSSECURITY_1_0

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Constant Field Values

DTD_CLASSSECURITY_1_0

public static final String DTD_CLASSSECURITY_1_0

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

load

protected static void load(String configFile)
                    throws SecurityException

Reads the configuration file and instantiates and loads the wrapped Authentication.

Throws:

SecurityException

classCheck

public static ClassAuthentication.Login classCheck(String application)

Checks wether the (indirectly) calling class is authenticated by the ClassAuthenticationWrapper (using a stack trace). This method can be called from an Authentication implementation, e.g. to implement the 'class' application itself (if the authentication implementation does understand the concept itself, then passwords can be avoided in the wrappers' configuration file).

Parameters:

application - Only checks this 'authentication application'. Can be null to check for every application.

Returns:

A Login object if yes, null if not.