org.nees.auth
Class AuthenticationMethod

java.lang.Object
  org.nees.auth.AuthenticationMethod

Direct Known Subclasses:

GridAuthenticationMethod

public abstract class AuthenticationMethod

extends java.lang.Object

This class represents a means of acquiring authentication information.

Constructor Summary

AuthenticationMethod()

Method Summary

abstract AuthenticIdentity	getIdentity() Get the user's authentic identity in a stateless or default-session context.
AuthenticIdentity	getIdentity(java.lang.Object sessionKey) Get the session user's authentic identity for a particular authentication session, represented by a session key object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationMethod

public AuthenticationMethod()

Method Detail

getIdentity

public AuthenticIdentity getIdentity(java.lang.Object sessionKey)
                              throws AuthenticationException

Get the session user's authentic identity for a particular authentication session, represented by a session key object. The default behavior of this method is to ignore the session key.

Parameters:

sessionKey - an object representing the authentication session.

Returns:

the user's authentic identity.

Throws:

AuthenticationException

getIdentity

public abstract AuthenticIdentity getIdentity()
                                       throws AuthenticationException

Get the user's authentic identity in a stateless or default-session context.

Returns:

the user's authentic identity.

Throws:

AuthenticationException