org.universAAL.security.authenticator.client

Class UserPaswordAuthenticatorClient

java.lang.Object

org.universAAL.middleware.bus.member.BusMember

org.universAAL.middleware.bus.member.Caller

org.universAAL.middleware.service.ServiceCaller

org.universAAL.middleware.service.DefaultServiceCaller

org.universAAL.security.authenticator.client.UserPaswordAuthenticatorClient

public class UserPaswordAuthenticatorClient
extends DefaultServiceCaller

This class is a helper for all those components that need to authenticate a user by means of user password authentication.

Author:

amedrano

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.universAAL.middleware.bus.member.BusMember

busResourceURI, owner, theBus

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UserPaswordAuthenticatorClient(ModuleContext mc) Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
User	authenticate(String username, String password) This method will try to authenticate the user.

Methods inherited from class org.universAAL.middleware.service.DefaultServiceCaller

communicationChannelBroken, handleResponse

Methods inherited from class org.universAAL.middleware.service.ServiceCaller

addAvailabilitySubscription, busDyingOut, call, call, getAllServices, getMatchingService, getMatchingService, getMatchingService, getMyID, handleReply, inject, inject, removeAvailabilitySubscription, sendCall, sendCall, sendRequest

Methods inherited from class org.universAAL.middleware.bus.member.BusMember

close, getComment, getLabel, getType, getURI, setComment, setLabel

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UserPaswordAuthenticatorClient

public UserPaswordAuthenticatorClient(ModuleContext mc)

Constructor

Method Detail

authenticate

public User authenticate(String username,
                         String password)

This method will try to authenticate the user. If successful the user instance will be returned else it will be null.

Parameters:

username - the username to authenticate

password - the password to use for the authentication.

Returns:

the User instance if successful authentication, null otherwise.