org.jdesktop.swingx.auth
Class JAASLoginService

java.lang.Object
  org.jdesktop.swingx.auth.LoginService
      org.jdesktop.swingx.auth.JAASLoginService

public class JAASLoginService
extends LoginService

JAASLoginService implements a LoginService that uses JAAS for authentication. JAASLoginService uses the server name as name of the configuration for JAAS.

Constructor Summary

JAASLoginService(String server)
Constructor for JAASLoginService

Method Summary

boolean

authenticate(String name, char[] password, String server) This method is intended to be implemented by clients wishing to authenticate a user with a given password.

Methods inherited from class org.jdesktop.swingx.auth.LoginService

addLoginListener, cancelAuthentication, getServer, getSynchronous, getUserRoles, removeLoginListener, setServer, setSynchronous, startAuthentication

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JAASLoginService

public JAASLoginService(String server)

Constructor for JAASLoginService

Parameters:

server - server name that is also used for the JAAS config name

Method Detail

authenticate

public boolean authenticate(String name,
                            char[] password,
                            String server)
                     throws Exception

Description copied from class: LoginService

This method is intended to be implemented by clients wishing to authenticate a user with a given password. Clients should implement the authentication in a manner that the authentication can be cancelled at any time.

Specified by:

authenticate in class LoginService

Parameters:

name - username

password - password

server - server (optional)

Returns:

true on authentication success

Throws:

Exception