com.xpn.xwiki.user.api
Interface XWikiAuthService

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractXWikiAuthService, AppServerTrustedAuthServiceImpl, ExoAuthServiceImpl, GroovyAuthServiceImpl, LDAPAuthServiceImpl, XWikiAuthServiceImpl, XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl

public interface XWikiAuthService

Method Summary

java.security.Principal	authenticate(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password, XWikiContext context)
XWikiUser	checkAuth(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password, java.lang.String rememberme, XWikiContext context) Authenticates the user.
XWikiUser	checkAuth(XWikiContext context)
void	showLogin(XWikiContext context)

Method Detail

checkAuth

XWikiUser checkAuth(XWikiContext context)
                    throws XWikiException

Throws:

XWikiException

checkAuth

XWikiUser checkAuth(java.lang.String username,
                    java.lang.String password,
                    java.lang.String rememberme,
                    XWikiContext context)
                    throws XWikiException

Authenticates the user.

Parameters:

username - the user name for the user to authenticate

password - the password of the user to authenticate

context - the XWiki context object

Returns:

null if the user is not authenticated properly or a XWikiUser object representing the authenticated user if successful

Throws:

XWikiException - in case of authentication error

showLogin

void showLogin(XWikiContext context)
               throws XWikiException

Throws:

XWikiException

authenticate

java.security.Principal authenticate(java.lang.String username,
                                     java.lang.String password,
                                     XWikiContext context)
                                     throws XWikiException

Returns:

a null Principal Object if the user hasn't been authenticated or a valid Principal Object if the user is correctly authenticated

Throws:

XWikiException