AuthenticationProvider (Jetspeed-2 Core API 2.2.2 API)

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org.apache.jetspeed.security
Interface AuthenticationProvider

public interface AuthenticationProvider

Configures an authentication provider.

Author:: David Le Strat

Method Summary

AuthenticatedUser authenticate(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String password)
           Authenticate a user.

java.lang.String getProviderDescription()
           Gets the authentication provider description.

java.lang.String getProviderName()
           Gets the authentication provider name.

Method Summary
`AuthenticatedUser`	`authenticate(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String password)` Authenticate a user.
`java.lang.String`	`getProviderDescription()` Gets the authentication provider description.
`java.lang.String`	`getProviderName()` Gets the authentication provider name.

Method Detail

getProviderName

java.lang.String getProviderName()

Gets the authentication provider name.

Returns:: The authentication provider name.

getProviderDescription

java.lang.String getProviderDescription()

Gets the authentication provider description.

Returns:: The authentication provider description.

authenticate

AuthenticatedUser authenticate(java.lang.String userName,
                               java.lang.String password)
                               throws SecurityException

Authenticate a user.

Parameters:: userName - The user name.; password - The user password.
Returns:: the AuthenticatedUser
Throws:: SecurityException