Package net.sf.basedb.core.authentication

Class AuthenticationMethod

java.lang.Object

net.sf.basedb.core.authentication.AuthenticationMethod

public class AuthenticationMethod
extends Object

Holds information about the method that was used to verify a user when logging in. See SessionControl.getAuthenticationMethod(). The INTERNAL is method is a static constant used when the regular internal username/password verification is used. The EXTERNAL is a generic external verification but external AuthenticationManager:s are encouraged to define their own authentication methods.

Since:

3.3

Author:

Nicklas

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static AuthenticationMethod	EXTERNAL	This is a generic external authentication method.
static AuthenticationMethod	INTERNAL	This is special-case internal login used by job queue, etc.
private final String	method
private static Map<String,AuthenticationMethod>	methods
static AuthenticationMethod	PASSWORD	This is the regular internal username/password verification authentication method.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	AuthenticationMethod(String method)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static final AuthenticationMethod	getInstance(String method)	Get an instance of this class for the given authentication method.
String	getMethod()	Get the name of the authentication method.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

methods

private static Map<String,AuthenticationMethod> methods

INTERNAL

public static AuthenticationMethod INTERNAL

This is special-case internal login used by job queue, etc.

Since:

3.9

PASSWORD

public static AuthenticationMethod PASSWORD

This is the regular internal username/password verification authentication method.

Since:

3.9

EXTERNAL

public static AuthenticationMethod EXTERNAL

This is a generic external authentication method. AuthenticationManager:s are encouraged to define their own authentication methods.

method

private final String method

Constructor Details

AuthenticationMethod

private AuthenticationMethod(String method)

Method Details

getInstance

public static final AuthenticationMethod getInstance(String method)

Get an instance of this class for the given authentication method. If no method with that name exists a new method is created.

Parameters:

method - The name of the method

getMethod

public String getMethod()

Get the name of the authentication method.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object