org.abstracthorizon.mercury.maildir.security
Class JavaSecurityAuthenticationProvider

java.lang.Object
  org.abstracthorizon.mercury.maildir.security.JavaSecurityAuthenticationProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthenticationProvider

public class JavaSecurityAuthenticationProvider
extends Object
implements AuthenticationProvider

Authentication provider that uses Java security model. It tried to log in given login context.

Author:

Daniel Sendula

Nested Class Summary

protected static class

JavaSecurityAuthenticationProvider.Handler Inner class that handles call backs

Field Summary

protected String

loginContext Login context name

Constructor Summary

JavaSecurityAuthenticationProvider()
Constructor

Method Summary

boolean	authenticate(String host, int port, String user, char[] pass) Authenticates user by logging to given login context
void	init(String loginContext) Stores login context for further use

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

loginContext

protected String loginContext

Login context name

Constructor Detail

JavaSecurityAuthenticationProvider

public JavaSecurityAuthenticationProvider()

Constructor

Method Detail

init

public void init(String loginContext)

Stores login context for further use

Specified by:

init in interface AuthenticationProvider

Parameters:

loginContext - login context name

authenticate

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

Authenticates user by logging to given login context

Specified by:

authenticate in interface AuthenticationProvider

Parameters:

host - not used

port - not used

user - user name to be used to log in login context

pass - password to be used to log in login context

Returns:

true if logging in login context was successful