org.exolab.jms.authentication
Class AuthenticationMgr

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.exolab.jms.service.Service
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        +--org.exolab.jms.authentication.AuthenticationMgr

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.exolab.jms.net.connector.Authenticator, Serviceable

public class AuthenticationMgr

extends Service

implements org.exolab.jms.net.connector.Authenticator

This is the active authentication component within the JMS server.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/08/30 05:00:24 $

Author:

Knut Lerpold

Constructor Summary

AuthenticationMgr(UserManager users)
Construct a new AuthenticationManager.

Method Summary

boolean	addUser(User user) Create a user.
boolean	authenticate(java.security.Principal principal) Determines if a principal has permissions to connect
boolean	removeUser(User user) Remove this user
boolean	updateUser(User user) Update a user.
boolean	validateUser(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password) Validate the password for the specified user.

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.jms.service.Service

doStart, doStop, getName, isStarted, restart, start, stop, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationMgr

public AuthenticationMgr(UserManager users)

Construct a new AuthenticationManager.

Parameters:

users - the user manager

Method Detail

addUser

public boolean addUser(User user)

Create a user.

Parameters:

user - the user to create

Returns:

true if the user is created otherwise false

removeUser

public boolean removeUser(User user)

Remove this user

Parameters:

user - the user to remove

Returns:

true if the user is removed otherwise false

updateUser

public boolean updateUser(User user)

Update a user.

Parameters:

user - the user to update

Returns:

true if the password is updated otherwise false

validateUser

public boolean validateUser(java.lang.String username,
                            java.lang.String password)

Validate the password for the specified user.

Parameters:

username - the user's name

password - the password to check

Returns:

true if the username and password exist, otherwise false

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(java.security.Principal principal)

Determines if a principal has permissions to connect

Specified by:

authenticate in interface org.exolab.jms.net.connector.Authenticator

Parameters:

principal - the principal to check

Returns:

true if the principal has permissions to connect