org.jasig.portal.security.provider
Class RemoteUserPersonManager

java.lang.Object
  org.jasig.portal.security.provider.RemoteUserPersonManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPersonManager

public class RemoteUserPersonManager
extends Object
implements IPersonManager

When retrieving a new person, the value of the REMOTEUSER environment variable is passed to the security context. If it is set then the server has authenticated the user and the username may be used for login.

Version:

$Revision: 19776 $

Author:

Pete Boysen (pboysen@iastate.edu)

Field Summary

static String

REMOTE_USER Description of the Field

Fields inherited from interface org.jasig.portal.security.IPersonManager

PERSON_SESSION_KEY

Constructor Summary

RemoteUserPersonManager()

Method Summary

IPerson

getPerson(HttpServletRequest request) Retrieve an IPerson object for the incoming request

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

REMOTE_USER

public static final String REMOTE_USER

Description of the Field

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RemoteUserPersonManager

public RemoteUserPersonManager()

Method Detail

getPerson

public IPerson getPerson(HttpServletRequest request)
                  throws PortalSecurityException

Retrieve an IPerson object for the incoming request

Specified by:

getPerson in interface IPersonManager

Parameters:

request -

Returns:

IPerson object for the incoming request

Throws:

PortalSecurityException - Description of the Exception