org.gatein.sso.authentication.callback

Class AuthenticationHandler

java.lang.Object

org.gatein.sso.authentication.callback.AuthenticationHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.exoplatform.services.rest.resource.ResourceContainer

public class AuthenticationHandler
extends Object
implements org.exoplatform.services.rest.resource.ResourceContainer

This is a RESTful component that is invoked by central SSO servers like CAS server, JOSSO server etc, to invoke Gatein authentication related queries during their own "Authentication process"

Author:

Sohil Shah

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AuthenticationHandler(org.exoplatform.container.xml.InitParams params)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	authenticate(String username, String password)
String	authenticatePost(String username, String password)
String	getJAASRoles(String username) Obtain list of JAAS roles for some user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationHandler

public AuthenticationHandler(org.exoplatform.container.xml.InitParams params)

Method Detail

authenticate

public String authenticate(String username,
                           String password)

getJAASRoles

public String getJAASRoles(String username)

Obtain list of JAAS roles for some user. For example, for user root it can return String like: "users,administrators,organization" It's usually not needed because SSO authorization is done on portal side, but may be useful for some SSO implementations to use this callback and ask portal for roles.

Parameters:

username -

Returns:

String with roles in format like: "users,administrators,organization"

authenticatePost

public String authenticatePost(String username,
                               String password)