AuthenticationHandler (GateIn SSO - Authentication Callback 6.3.4-RC02 API)

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, to invoke Gatein authentication related queries during their own "Authentication process"

Author:

Sohil Shah

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

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

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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)
```