org.mmbase.security.implementation.context
Class ContextAuthentication

java.lang.Object
  org.mmbase.security.Configurable
      org.mmbase.security.Authentication
          org.mmbase.security.implementation.context.ContextAuthentication

public class ContextAuthentication

extends Authentication

Authentication based on a XML-configuration file. The XML file contains besides users, groups and contexts (used for ContextAuthorization).

Version:

$Id: ContextAuthentication.java,v 1.14 2003/08/27 19:37:12 michiel Exp $

Author:

Eduard Witteveen

See Also:

ContextAuthorization

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	DTD_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_0 DTD resource filename of the Builder DTD version 1.0
static java.lang.String	DTD_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_1
static java.lang.String	DTD_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_2
static java.lang.String	PUBLIC_ID_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_0 Public ID of the Builder DTD version 1.0
static java.lang.String	PUBLIC_ID_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_1
static java.lang.String	PUBLIC_ID_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_2

Fields inherited from class org.mmbase.security.Configurable

configFile, fileWatcher, manager

Constructor Summary

ContextAuthentication()

Method Summary

boolean	isValid(UserContext usercontext) this method does nothing..
protected void	load() This method should be overrided by an extending class.
UserContext	login(java.lang.String moduleName, java.util.Map loginInfo, java.lang.Object[] parameters) This method will verify the login, and give a UserContext back if the login procedure was successful.

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

Field Detail

PUBLIC_ID_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_0

public static final java.lang.String PUBLIC_ID_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_0

Public ID of the Builder DTD version 1.0

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Constant Field Values

PUBLIC_ID_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_1

public static final java.lang.String PUBLIC_ID_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_1

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Constant Field Values

PUBLIC_ID_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_2

public static final java.lang.String PUBLIC_ID_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_2

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Constant Field Values

DTD_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_0

public static final java.lang.String DTD_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_0

DTD resource filename of the Builder DTD version 1.0

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Constant Field Values

DTD_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_1

public static final java.lang.String DTD_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_1

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Constant Field Values

DTD_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_2

public static final java.lang.String DTD_SECURITY_CONTEXT_CONFIG_1_2

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ContextAuthentication

public ContextAuthentication()

Method Detail

load

protected void load()

Description copied from class: Configurable

This method should be overrided by an extending class. It should further initialize the class. It can optionally retrieve settings from the general security configuration file (available as the 'configFile' member). Security implementations with complicated configuration would typically retrieve a path to their own configuration file only.

Specified by:

load in class Configurable

login

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

Description copied from class: Authentication

This method will verify the login, and give a UserContext back if the login procedure was successful.

Specified by:

login in class Authentication

Parameters:

moduleName - 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

isValid

public boolean isValid(UserContext usercontext)
                throws SecurityException

this method does nothing..

Specified by:

isValid in class Authentication

Parameters:

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

Returns:

true when valid, otherwise false

Throws:

SecurityException - When something strang happend