com.anwrt.anycontent.extensions.users
Interface AuthenticableBaseUsers

All Superinterfaces:

Users

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticatingJdbcUsers, AuthenticatingLdapUsers

public interface AuthenticableBaseUsers

extends Users

Abstraction for getting users list and verify the presence of a particular user and authenticating users.

Method Summary

boolean

authenticate(java.lang.String login, java.lang.String password) Authenticate a user with a pair of login / password.

Methods inherited from interface com.anwrt.anycontent.extensions.users.Users

configure, defaultValuesToSAX, getPrincipal, getUsers, initialize, toSAX

Method Detail

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(java.lang.String login,
                            java.lang.String password)

Authenticate a user with a pair of login / password.

Parameters:

login - Login of the user.

password - Password to test in plain text.

Returns:

true if the user is authenticated, false otherwise.