net.sourceforge.heracles.service
Interface Authentication

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticationImpl

public interface Authentication

Title: Authentication.java
Description: Interface of the service layer
Java Version: JDK 1.5

Author:

Philipp Gantert version 1.0

Method Summary

LdapUser	authAdvanced(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password) This method receives from the API implementation the username and password.
void	authSimple(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password) This methodes receivse from the API implementation the username and password.

Method Detail

authSimple

void authSimple(java.lang.String username,
                java.lang.String password)
                throws javax.security.auth.login.LoginException,
                       HeraclesException

This methodes receivse from the API implementation the username and password. These values will be submited to the Kerberos query.

Parameters:

username - String: users username

password - String: password of the user

Throws:

javax.security.auth.login.LoginException

HeraclesException

authAdvanced

LdapUser authAdvanced(java.lang.String username,
                      java.lang.String password)
                      throws javax.security.auth.login.LoginException,
                             javax.naming.NamingException,
                             HeraclesException

This method receives from the API implementation the username and password. At first these values will be submited to the Kerberos query. As result it receives a kerberosSubject Objekt. To find the right LDAP User we must extract all Principals from the kerberosSubjact. After that we can query the ldap and we receive the right ldapUser object.

Parameters:

username - String: users username

password - String: password of the user

Returns:

LdapUser

Throws:

javax.security.auth.login.LoginException

javax.naming.NamingException

HeraclesException