com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.xwiki
Class AbstractXWikiAuthService

java.lang.Object
  com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.xwiki.AbstractXWikiAuthService

All Implemented Interfaces:

XWikiAuthService

Direct Known Subclasses:

XWikiAuthServiceImpl

public abstract class AbstractXWikiAuthService
extends java.lang.Object
implements XWikiAuthService

Common methods useful to all Authentication services implementations.

Version:

$Id: AbstractXWikiAuthService.java 13563 2008-10-15 11:04:01Z tmortagne $

Constructor Summary

AbstractXWikiAuthService()

Method Summary

protected java.security.Principal	authenticateSuperAdmin(java.lang.String password, XWikiContext context)
protected boolean	isSuperAdmin(java.lang.String username)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.xpn.xwiki.user.api.XWikiAuthService

authenticate, checkAuth, checkAuth, showLogin

Constructor Detail

AbstractXWikiAuthService

public AbstractXWikiAuthService()

Method Detail

isSuperAdmin

protected boolean isSuperAdmin(java.lang.String username)

Parameters:

username - the username to check for superadmin access

Returns:

true if the username is that of the superadmin (whatever the case) or false otherwise

authenticateSuperAdmin

protected java.security.Principal authenticateSuperAdmin(java.lang.String password,
                                                         XWikiContext context)

Parameters:

password - the superadmin password to check against the superadmin password located in XWiki's config file

context - the XWiki context object, allowing access to XWiki's config

Returns:

a null Principal is the user hasn't been validated as Superadmin or a Super Admin Principal otherwise