org.jasig.cas.authentication.principal

Class BasicPrincipalResolver

java.lang.Object

org.jasig.cas.authentication.principal.BasicPrincipalResolver

All Implemented Interfaces:

PrincipalResolver

public class BasicPrincipalResolver
extends Object
implements PrincipalResolver

Provides the most basic means of principal resolution by mapping Credential.getId() onto Principal.getId().

Since:

4.0

Author:

Marvin S. Addison

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BasicPrincipalResolver()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Principal	resolve(Credential credential) Resolves a principal from the given credential using an arbitrary strategy.
boolean	supports(Credential credential) Determines whether this instance supports principal resolution from the given credential.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BasicPrincipalResolver

public BasicPrincipalResolver()

Method Detail

resolve

public Principal resolve(Credential credential)

Description copied from interface: PrincipalResolver

Resolves a principal from the given credential using an arbitrary strategy.

Specified by:

resolve in interface PrincipalResolver

Parameters:

credential - Source credential.

Returns:

Resolved principal, or null if the principal could not be resolved.

supports

public boolean supports(Credential credential)

Description copied from interface: PrincipalResolver

Determines whether this instance supports principal resolution from the given credential. This method SHOULD be called prior to PrincipalResolver.resolve(org.jasig.cas.authentication.Credential).

Specified by:

supports in interface PrincipalResolver

Parameters:

credential - The credential to check for support.

Returns:

True if credential is supported, false otherwise.