1 /* 2 * $Id: Authenticator.java 124 2004-11-01 18:09:40Z josem $ 3 * 4 * Tarsis 5 * Copyright (C) 2002 Talika Open Source Group 6 * 7 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 8 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 9 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or 10 * (at your option) any later version. 11 * 12 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 13 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 15 * GNU General Public License for more details. 16 * 17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 18 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 19 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 20 * 21 */ 22 23 package org.talika.tarsis.security; 24 25 /** 26 * Interface that defines an authenticator component in Tarsis MVC Framework.<br> 27 * <br> 28 * Authenticator component is responsible of manage authentication of users. 29 * 30 * @author Jose M. Palomar 31 * @version $Revision: 124 $ 32 */ 33 public interface Authenticator { 34 35 /** 36 * Checks if given user and password are correct. 37 * 38 * @param user String user name. 39 * @param password String user password. 40 * @return SecuritySession security session created from given user and password. 41 * @throws AuthenticationFailedException if user and/or password aren't correct. 42 */ 43 SecuritySession login(String user, String password) 44 throws AuthenticationFailedException; 45 46 } 47