org.securityfilter.realm

Interface FlexibleRealmInterface

All Superinterfaces:

SecurityRealmInterface

public interface FlexibleRealmInterface
extends SecurityRealmInterface

SecurityRealmInterface - realm interface for SecurityFilter. Implement this interface to provide a realm implementation against which SecurityFilter can authenticate and authortize users. Typically, a project will implement this interface or adapt an existing realm implementation to this interface.

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Author:

anonymous

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Principal	authenticate(SecurityRequestWrapper credentials) Authenticate a user.

Methods inherited from interface org.securityfilter.realm.SecurityRealmInterface

authenticate, isUserInRole

Method Detail

authenticate

Principal authenticate(SecurityRequestWrapper credentials)

Authenticate a user.

Parameters:

credentials - a wrapper around the user credentials

Returns:

a Principal object representing the user if successful, false otherwise