org.activiti.explorer.ui.login

Interface LoginHandler

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultLoginHandler

public interface LoginHandler
extends Serializable

Class handling authentication for the explorer ui.

Author:

Frederik Heremans

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
LoggedInUser	authenticate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Authenticate the current user.
LoggedInUser	authenticate(String userName, String password) Authenticate the user with the given username and given password.
void	logout(LoggedInUser userTologout) Called when the user is logged out, should clear all context related to authorization and authentication for the current logged in user.
void	onRequestEnd(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Called when request started.
void	onRequestStart(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Called when request started.

Method Detail

authenticate

LoggedInUser authenticate(String userName,
                        String password)

Authenticate the user with the given username and given password.

Returns:

the logged in user. Return null of authentication failed.

authenticate

LoggedInUser authenticate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                        javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

Authenticate the current user. Use this to eg. shared autentication, which can be done without the user actually having to provide credentials.

Returns:

The logged in user. Return null, if no user can be logged in automatically. When null is returned, user will be requested to provide credentials.

logout

void logout(LoggedInUser userTologout)

Called when the user is logged out, should clear all context related to authorization and authentication for the current logged in user.

onRequestStart

void onRequestStart(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                  javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

Called when request started. Allows eg. validating of authentication or renewing.

onRequestEnd

void onRequestEnd(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

Called when request started. Allows eg. validating of authentication or renewing.