com.sun.enterprise.security.auth

Interface AuthenticationStatus

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticationStatusImpl

public interface AuthenticationStatus
extends Serializable

This interface stores the status of the authentication.

Author:

Harish Prabandham

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	AUTH_CONTINUE
static int	AUTH_EXPIRED
static int	AUTH_FAILURE
static int	AUTH_SUCCESS

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	getAuthSpecificData() This is the value returned by the Authenticator when the status is AUTH_CONTINUE.
byte[]	getContinuationData() This is the value returned by the Authenticator when the status is AUTH_CONTINUE.
int	getStatus() This method returns the status of the authentication

Field Detail

AUTH_SUCCESS

static final int AUTH_SUCCESS

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Constant Field Values

AUTH_FAILURE

static final int AUTH_FAILURE

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AUTH_CONTINUE

static final int AUTH_CONTINUE

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AUTH_EXPIRED

static final int AUTH_EXPIRED

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Method Detail

getStatus

int getStatus()

This method returns the status of the authentication

Returns:

An integer value indicating the status of the authentication

getContinuationData

byte[] getContinuationData()

This is the value returned by the Authenticator when the status is AUTH_CONTINUE. This data should give an indication to the client on what else it should send to the server to complete the authentication.

Returns:

An array of bytes indicating the additional information needed to complete the authentication.

getAuthSpecificData

byte[] getAuthSpecificData()

This is the value returned by the Authenticator when the status is AUTH_CONTINUE. This data should give an indication to the client on specific authentication it needs to adopt to continue on with the authentication.

Returns:

An array of bytes indicating the authentication specific information needed to complete the authentication.