AuthenticationManager


1   package org.enhydra.shark.api.internal.authentication;
2   
3   import org.enhydra.shark.api.RootException;
4   import org.enhydra.shark.api.UserTransaction;
5   import org.enhydra.shark.api.internal.working.CallbackUtilities;
6   
7   /**
8    * Authentication manager validates user, checks if supplied username and
9    * passwd may be trusted to access Shark.
10   *
11   * @author Sasa Bojanic
12   */
13  public interface AuthenticationManager {
14  
15     /**
16      * Method configure is called at Shark start up, to configure
17      * implementation of AuthenticationManager.
18      *
19      * @param cus an instance of CallbackUtilities used to get
20      *            properties for configuring AuthenticationManager in Shark.
21      *
22      * @exception RootException Thrown if configuring doesn't succeed.
23      */
24     void configure (CallbackUtilities cus) throws RootException;
25  
26     /**
27      * Validates user.
28      *
29      * @param    t user transaction.
30      * @param    username user name.
31      * @param    pwd user password.
32      *
33      * @return   true if user is validated, otherwise false.
34      *
35      * @exception   RootException If something unexpected happens.
36      */
37     public boolean validateUser (UserTransaction t,String   username,String   pwd) throws RootException;
38  
39  }
40

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