org.apache.jetspeed.security.spi.impl.ldap
Interface LdapUserCredentialDao

All Superinterfaces:

LdapReadOnlyPrincipalDao

All Known Implementing Classes:

LdapUserCredentialDaoImpl

public interface LdapUserCredentialDao
extends LdapReadOnlyPrincipalDao

User credential dao.

Author:

Mike Long

Method Summary

boolean	authenticate(String uid, String password) Looks up the user by the UID attribute.
void	changePassword(String uid, String password) Updates the password for the specified user.
char[]	getPassword(String uid)

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.jetspeed.security.spi.impl.ldap.LdapReadOnlyPrincipalDao

lookupByUid

Method Detail

changePassword

void changePassword(String uid,
                    String password)
                    throws org.apache.jetspeed.security.SecurityException

Updates the password for the specified user.

Parameters:

uid - The uid.

password - The password.

Throws:

org.apache.jetspeed.security.SecurityException - A SecurityException.

authenticate

boolean authenticate(String uid,
                     String password)
                     throws org.apache.jetspeed.security.SecurityException

Looks up the user by the UID attribute. If this lookup succeeds, this method then attempts to authenticate the user using the password, throwing an AuthenticationException if the password is incorrect or an OperationNotSupportedException if the password is empty.

Parameters:

uid - The uid.

password - The password.

Throws:

org.apache.jetspeed.security.SecurityException - A SecurityException.

getPassword

char[] getPassword(String uid)
                   throws org.apache.jetspeed.security.SecurityException

Parameters:

uid - The uid.

Returns:

The password.

Throws:

org.apache.jetspeed.security.SecurityException - A SecurityException.@throws SecurityException