Package org.jdesktop.swingx.auth

Class JAASLoginService

java.lang.Object

org.jdesktop.beans.AbstractBean

org.jdesktop.swingx.auth.LoginService

org.jdesktop.swingx.auth.JAASLoginService

@JavaBean
public class JAASLoginService
extends LoginService

JAASLoginService implements a LoginService that uses JAAS for authentication. JAASLoginService uses the server name as name of the configuration for JAAS.

Author:

Bino George

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected LoginContext	loginContext	LoginContext

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
JAASLoginService()	Default JavaBeans constructor
JAASLoginService(String server)	Constructor for JAASLoginService

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	authenticate(String name, char[] password, String server)	This method is intended to be implemented by clients wishing to authenticate a user with a given password.
LoginContext	getLoginContext()	Returns the LoginContext used during the authentication process.
Subject	getSubject()	Returns the Subject representing the authenticated individual, or null if the user has not yet been successfully authenticated.

Methods inherited from class org.jdesktop.swingx.auth.LoginService

addLoginListener, cancelAuthentication, getServer, getSynchronous, getUserRoles, removeLoginListener, setServer, setSynchronous, startAuthentication

Methods inherited from class org.jdesktop.beans.AbstractBean

addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addVetoableChangeListener, addVetoableChangeListener, clone, fireIndexedPropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, fireVetoableChange, fireVetoableChange, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getVetoableChangeListeners, getVetoableChangeListeners, hasPropertyChangeListeners, hasVetoableChangeListeners, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removeVetoableChangeListener, removeVetoableChangeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

loginContext

protected LoginContext loginContext

LoginContext

Constructor Details

JAASLoginService

public JAASLoginService(String server)

Constructor for JAASLoginService

Parameters:

server - server name that is also used for the JAAS config name

JAASLoginService

public JAASLoginService()

Default JavaBeans constructor

Method Details

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(String name,
 char[] password,
 String server)
                     throws Exception

This method is intended to be implemented by clients wishing to authenticate a user with a given password. Clients should implement the authentication in a manner that the authentication can be cancelled at any time.

implement abstract method defined in class LoginService

Specified by:

authenticate in class LoginService

Parameters:

name - username

password - password

server - server (optional)

Returns:

true on authentication success

Throws:

Exception - TODO explain

getLoginContext

public LoginContext getLoginContext()

Returns the LoginContext used during the authentication process.

Returns:

LoginContext

getSubject

public Subject getSubject()

Returns the Subject representing the authenticated individual, or null if the user has not yet been successfully authenticated.

Returns:

Subject