org.rhq.enterprise.communications.command.server

Interface CommandAuthenticator

public interface CommandAuthenticator

Implementations of this class are to perform specific tasks to authenticate an incoming command. These security checks are performed above and beyond any transport layer security (such as SSL).

Author:

John Mazzitelli

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isAuthenticated(Command command) The given command will be authenticated by some security mechanism determined by the implementor of this method.
void	setServiceContainer(ServiceContainer serviceContainer) This sets the object that is handling the communications and is what received the command that needs to be authenticated.

Method Detail

isAuthenticated

boolean isAuthenticated(Command command)

The given command will be authenticated by some security mechanism determined by the implementor of this method.

Parameters:

command - the command to authenticate

Returns:

true if the command passes the security checks and can be processed. false if the command failed to be authenticated - in this case, the command should be rejected and no further processing of the command should take place

setServiceContainer

void setServiceContainer(ServiceContainer serviceContainer)

This sets the object that is handling the communications and is what received the command that needs to be authenticated. This service container contains custom data that can be retrieved by the authenticator if needed. This method is only called once when the authenticator object is created.

Parameters:

serviceContainer -