org.jabylon.security.auth

Interface AuthenticationService

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticatorServiceImpl

public interface AuthenticationService

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	authenticate(String username, String password) authenticates the given credentials
org.jabylon.users.User	authenticateUser(String username, String password) tries to authenticate the given credentials if the credentials are correct, the matching user object is returned.
org.jabylon.users.User	getAnonymousUser() retrieves the anonymous user.

Method Detail

authenticateUser

org.jabylon.users.User authenticateUser(String username,
                                      String password)

tries to authenticate the given credentials

if the credentials are correct, the matching user object is returned. Otherwise this method returns null

Parameters:

username -

password -

Returns:

the user object or null

authenticate

boolean authenticate(String username,
                   String password)

authenticates the given credentials

Parameters:

username -

password -

Returns:

true if the credentials are valid. false otherwise

getAnonymousUser

org.jabylon.users.User getAnonymousUser()

retrieves the anonymous user. Useful to determine which permissions one has without being logged in

Returns: