org.icatproject.authentication

Class Authentication

java.lang.Object

org.icatproject.authentication.Authentication

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Authentication
extends Object
implements Serializable

An authentication object holding both the raw user name and the mechanism To support multiple authentication mechanism at a site, an authentication object holds both the name of the mechanism and the user name authenticated by that mechanism. The mechanism may be null if there is only one plugin deployed of if the deployer is sure that user names found by different mechanisms will never be the same.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Authentication(String userName, String mechanism)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getUserName()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Authentication

public Authentication(String userName,
              String mechanism)

Parameters:

userName - must identify a user uniquely for the chosen mechanism

mechanism - a way of identifying a user. May be null.

Method Detail

getUserName

public String getUserName()

Returns:

a String that uniquely identifies a user for the ICAT installation and that can be used in authorization.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object