com.spotfire.server.security
Class JAASAuthenticator

java.lang.Object
  com.spotfire.server.security.JAASAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticator

public class JAASAuthenticator
extends Object
implements Authenticator

An Authenticator implementation that uses the Java Authentication and Authorization Services (JAAS) to authenticate users.

Since:

7.3

Constructor Summary

JAASAuthenticator()

Method Summary

SecurityContext	authenticate(String userId, String password, AuthenticationContext authContext) Authenticates the user with the specified userId and password credentials, using the JAAS configuration specified by the configuration parameter to the setConfiguration method.
static boolean	isInUserDirectory(String userId) Deprecated.
void	setConfiguration(String configuration) Set the name of the JAAS application configuration to be used when authenticating users.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JAASAuthenticator

public JAASAuthenticator()

Method Detail

setConfiguration

public void setConfiguration(String configuration)

Set the name of the JAAS application configuration to be used when authenticating users.

Specified by:

setConfiguration in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

configuration - configuration name

authenticate

public SecurityContext authenticate(String userId,
                                    String password,
                                    AuthenticationContext authContext)

Authenticates the user with the specified userId and password credentials, using the JAAS configuration specified by the configuration parameter to the setConfiguration method. If the authentication is successful, the method returns a SecurityContext object. If the authentication fails, the method returns null.

The userId and password arguments may not be null. The authContext argument is ignored.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

userId - user id

password - password

authContext - authentication context (ignored)

Returns:

a SecurityContext if the authentication is successful, null if it fails

isInUserDirectory

@Deprecated
public static boolean isInUserDirectory(String userId)

Deprecated.