com.sptci.auth
Class DatabaseLoginModule

java.lang.Object
  com.sptci.auth.AbstractLoginModule
      com.sptci.auth.DatabaseLoginModule

All Implemented Interfaces:

LoginModule

public class DatabaseLoginModule
extends AbstractLoginModule

JAAS login module for user authentication through user information stored in a database table.

© Copyright 2007 Sans Pareil Technologies, Inc.

Version:

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

Author:

Nikhil 2007-08-02

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.sptci.auth.AbstractLoginModule

callbackHandler, logger, options, principal, role, sharedState, subject

Constructor Summary

DatabaseLoginModule()

Method Summary

protected boolean	checkPassword(String userName, char[] password, char[] key) Check the specified credentials against the data store.
boolean	login() Attempts to authenticate the subject against data stored in a database (JDO compliant relational or object data stores).

Methods inherited from class com.sptci.auth.AbstractLoginModule

abort, commit, initialize, logout

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DatabaseLoginModule

public DatabaseLoginModule()

Method Detail

login

public boolean login()
              throws LoginException

Attempts to authenticate the subject against data stored in a database (JDO compliant relational or object data stores).

Throws:

LoginException

See Also:

LoginModule.login()

checkPassword

protected boolean checkPassword(String userName,
                                char[] password,
                                char[] key)
                         throws LoginException

Check the specified credentials against the data store.

Parameters:

userName - The user/login name to check.

password - The password to check.

key - The key to use to decrypt the stored password.

Returns:

Return true if the specified credentials match.

Throws:

LoginException - If errors are encountered while fetching the data from the data store.