rabbit.filter.authenticate
Interface Authenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

PlainFileAuthenticator, SQLAuthenticator

public interface Authenticator

Something that can authenticate users using some kind of database.

Method Summary

boolean	authenticate(java.lang.String user, java.lang.String pwd) Try to authenticate the user.
java.lang.String	getToken(HttpHeader header, Connection con) Find the token used to authenticate

Method Detail

getToken

java.lang.String getToken(HttpHeader header,
                          Connection con)

Find the token used to authenticate

Parameters:

header - the request

con - the Connection handling the request

Returns:

the authentication token

authenticate

boolean authenticate(java.lang.String user,
                     java.lang.String pwd)

Try to authenticate the user.

Parameters:

user - the username

pwd - the password of the user

Returns:

true if authentication succeeded, false otherwise.