org.talika.tarsis.security
Interface Authenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticatorService, MemoryAuthenticator

public interface Authenticator

Interface that defines an authenticator component in Tarsis MVC Framework.

Authenticator component is responsible of manage authentication of users.

Version:

$Revision: 124 $

Author:

Jose M. Palomar

Method Summary

SecuritySession

login(java.lang.String user, java.lang.String password) Checks if given user and password are correct.

Method Detail

login

SecuritySession login(java.lang.String user,
                      java.lang.String password)
                      throws AuthenticationFailedException

Checks if given user and password are correct.

Parameters:

user - String user name.

password - String user password.

Returns:

SecuritySession security session created from given user and password.

Throws:

AuthenticationFailedException - if user and/or password aren't correct.