shared.authorization
Interface IUserAuthorizer

public interface IUserAuthorizer

This interface defines how event handlers can query for authentication information. The methods include determining whether or not a password matches and whether or not this user possesses a named capability.

Method Summary

boolean	isAuthenticated(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String password) Determine if this user is both known to the directory and if the password matches what is in the directory.
boolean	isCapable(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String capability) Determine if this user has the named capability.

Method Detail

isAuthenticated

boolean isAuthenticated(java.lang.String userName,
                        java.lang.String password)

Determine if this user is both known to the directory and if the password matches what is in the directory.

Parameters:

userName - user name supplied

password - password supplied

Returns:

true only if user exists and password matches

isCapable

boolean isCapable(java.lang.String userName,
                  java.lang.String capability)

Determine if this user has the named capability.

Parameters:

userName - user name supplied

capability - capability desired

Returns:

true only if user has requested capability