com.sptci.auth
Class DatabaseAuthoriser

java.lang.Object
  com.sptci.auth.Authoriser
      com.sptci.auth.DatabaseAuthoriser

public class DatabaseAuthoriser
extends Authoriser

A concrete sub-class of Authoriser used to implement authorisation against a database of users.

Copyright 2006, Sans Pareil Technologies, Inc.

Version:

$Id: DatabaseAuthoriser.java 4553 2008-12-24 10:34:16Z rakesh $

Author:

Rakesh Vidyadharan 2006-11-15

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.sptci.auth.Authoriser

Authoriser.ManagerTask

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.sptci.auth.Authoriser

ALL_GROUPS, logger, userMap

Constructor Summary

DatabaseAuthoriser()

Method Summary

protected boolean

processAuthorisation(User user, String[] groups) Check the authorisation credentials of the specified user against the list of groups specified.

Methods inherited from class com.sptci.auth.Authoriser

checkAuthorisation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DatabaseAuthoriser

public DatabaseAuthoriser()

Method Detail

processAuthorisation

protected boolean processAuthorisation(User user,
                                       String[] groups)

Check the authorisation credentials of the specified user against the list of groups specified. The check is performed against the application database.

Specified by:

processAuthorisation in class Authoriser

Parameters:

user - The user object which is used to verify for group membership.

groups - The groups that are allowed access to the application.

Returns:

boolean Returns true if the user is a member of any of the groups specified.