org.jbei.ice.lib.account.authentication

Class LocalAuthentication

java.lang.Object

org.jbei.ice.lib.account.authentication.LocalAuthentication

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAuthentication

public class LocalAuthentication
extends Object
implements IAuthentication

Default ICE authentication scheme

Author:

Hector Plahar

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LocalAuthentication()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	authenticates(String userId, String password) Authenticates a user's name and password against the system's stored credentials
protected boolean	isValidPassword(Account account, String password) Check if the given password is valid for the account.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LocalAuthentication

public LocalAuthentication()

Method Detail

authenticates

public String authenticates(String userId,
                            String password)
                     throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from interface: IAuthentication

Authenticates a user's name and password against the system's stored credentials

Specified by:

authenticates in interface IAuthentication

Parameters:

userId - user login Identifier

password - user password

Returns:

the account identifier (usually email) on successful authentication with the credentials provided, null otherwise

Throws:

AuthenticationException - on exception authenticating

isValidPassword

protected boolean isValidPassword(Account account,
                                  String password)

Check if the given password is valid for the account. There are multiple checks for backward compatibility reasons

Parameters:

account - user account whose password is being checked

password - user entered password being checked for validation

Returns:

True if entered password matches one of encrypted schemes, false otherwise.