Package org.apache.fulcrum.security.authenticator

Class TextMatchAuthenticator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled

org.apache.fulcrum.security.authenticator.TextMatchAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.LogEnabled, Authenticator

public class TextMatchAuthenticator
extends org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled
implements Authenticator

This class authenticates by doing a plain text match of the user's passwords. Very insecure! avalon.component name="textmatch-authenticator" avalon.service type="org.apache.fulcrum.security.authenticator.Authenticator"

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Eric Pugh

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.fulcrum.security.authenticator.Authenticator

ROLE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TextMatchAuthenticator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	authenticate(User user, String password)	Authenticate an username with the specified password.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled

enableLogging, getLogger, setupLogger, setupLogger, setupLogger

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextMatchAuthenticator

public TextMatchAuthenticator()

Method Detail

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(User user,
                            String password)
                     throws DataBackendException

Authenticate an username with the specified password. Returns true if the user password plain text matches the passed in password.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

user - object

password - the user supplied password.

Throws:

DataBackendException - if there is a problem accessing the storage.