org.abstracthorizon.mercury.maildir.security
Interface AuthenticationProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericAuthenticationProvider, JavaSecurityAuthenticationProvider

public interface AuthenticationProvider

Interface describing authentication provider.

Author:

Daniel Sendula

Method Summary

boolean	authenticate(String host, int port, String user, char[] pass) Tries to authenticate given user.
void	init(String loginContext) Initialises provider with given login context name

Method Detail

init

void init(String loginContext)

Initialises provider with given login context name

Parameters:

loginContext - login context name

authenticate

boolean authenticate(String host,
                     int port,
                     String user,
                     char[] pass)

Tries to authenticate given user.

Parameters:

host - host to be logged to

port - port to be logged to

user - username

pass - password

Returns:

true if authentication succeded.