com.bradmcevoy.http
Interface SecurityManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

NullSecurityManager, ReadOnlySecurityManager, SimpleSecurityManager

public interface SecurityManager

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	authenticate(DigestResponse digestRequest) Authenticate a digest request See com.bradmcevoy.http.http11.auth.DigestGenerator
java.lang.Object	authenticate(java.lang.String user, java.lang.String password)
boolean	authorise(Request request, Request.Method method, Auth auth, Resource resource) Check that the authenticater user can access the given resource for the given method.
java.lang.String	getRealm(java.lang.String host)

Method Detail

authenticate

java.lang.Object authenticate(DigestResponse digestRequest)

Authenticate a digest request See com.bradmcevoy.http.http11.auth.DigestGenerator

Parameters:

digestRequest -

Returns:

authenticate

java.lang.Object authenticate(java.lang.String user,
                              java.lang.String password)

Parameters:

user -

password -

Returns:

- some object representing the user to associate with the request

authorise

boolean authorise(Request request,
                  Request.Method method,
                  Auth auth,
                  Resource resource)

Check that the authenticater user can access the given resource for the given method.

Parameters:

request - - the request itself

method - - the request method

auth - - authentication object representing the current user

resource - - the resource being operated on

Returns:

- true to indicate that the user is allowed access

getRealm

java.lang.String getRealm(java.lang.String host)

Parameters:

- - host - the host name which has been requested

Returns:

- the name of the security realm this is managing