Package org.conical.common.bbl.auth

Class LdapAuthenticator

java.lang.Object

org.conical.common.bbl.auth.LdapAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticator

public class LdapAuthenticator
extends Object
implements Authenticator

Authenticates users and assigns access roles based on LDAP queries. This implementation is incomplete and DOES NOT WORK! Do not use. TODO: implement

Author:

rdoherty

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LdapAuthenticator(AuthConfig config)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
User	getAuthenticatedUser(String username, String password)	Checks the password for the passed user.
User	getUnauthenticatedUser(String username)	Looks up user attributes without authenticating, and returns them.
boolean	isValidUser(String username, String password)	Checks if the given username and password represents a valid user.
boolean	userHasRole(String username, String role)	Returns true if user has the passed role, else false.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

LdapAuthenticator

public LdapAuthenticator(AuthConfig config)
                  throws AuthenticationException

Throws:

AuthenticationException

Method Details

getAuthenticatedUser

public User getAuthenticatedUser(String username,
 String password)
                          throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from interface: Authenticator

Checks the password for the passed user. If valid, returns user attributes and all known roles. If not, returns null. Note that the caller is responsible for encrypting the password using the same algorithm used to store the password originally. No password transformation is performed.

Specified by:

getAuthenticatedUser in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

username - username to check

password - password to check

Returns:

authenticated user, or null

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if an error occurs while authenticating

getUnauthenticatedUser

public User getUnauthenticatedUser(String username)
                            throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from interface: Authenticator

Looks up user attributes without authenticating, and returns them. If no user with the passed name can be found, returns null

Specified by:

getUnauthenticatedUser in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

username - user for which to search

Returns:

unauthenticated user, or null

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if an error occurs while searching for the user

isValidUser

public boolean isValidUser(String username,
 String password)
                    throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from interface: Authenticator

Checks if the given username and password represents a valid user. Same rules as getAuthenticatedUser().

Specified by:

isValidUser in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

username - username to check

password - to check

Returns:

true if valid user, else false

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if an error occurs while authenticating

userHasRole

public boolean userHasRole(String username,
 String role)
                    throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from interface: Authenticator

Returns true if user has the passed role, else false.

Specified by:

userHasRole in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

username - user to check

role - role to check

Returns:

true if user has role, else false

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if an error occurs while looking up user or roles