edu.vt.middleware.ldap.auth.handler
Interface AuthenticationHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAuthenticationHandler, BindAuthenticationHandler, CompareAuthenticationHandler

public interface AuthenticationHandler

AuthenticationHandler provides an interface for LDAP authentication implementations.

Version:

$Revision: 1330 $

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

void	authenticate(ConnectionHandler ch, AuthenticationCriteria ac) Perform an ldap authentication.
AuthenticationHandler	newInstance() Returns a separate instance of this authentication handler.
void	setAuthenticatorConfig(AuthenticatorConfig ac) Sets the authenticator configuration.

Method Detail

setAuthenticatorConfig

void setAuthenticatorConfig(AuthenticatorConfig ac)

Sets the authenticator configuration.

Parameters:

ac - authenticator config

authenticate

void authenticate(ConnectionHandler ch,
                  AuthenticationCriteria ac)
                  throws NamingException

Perform an ldap authentication. Implementations should throw AuthenticationException to indicate an authentication failure. The resulting LdapContext can be retrieved from the connection handler if it is needed.

Parameters:

ch - ConnectionHandler to communicate with the LDAP

ac - AuthenticationCriteria to perform the authentication with

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if authentication fails

NamingException - if an LDAP error occurs

newInstance

AuthenticationHandler newInstance()

Returns a separate instance of this authentication handler.

Returns:

authentication handler