Package wt.auth

Class Authentication

java.lang.Object
wt.auth.Authentication
All Implemented Interfaces:
RemoteAccess
public class Authentication extends Object implements RemoteAccess
Authentication service. This class forwards calls to a server-side authentication server class.

Supported API: true
Extendable: false

  • Method Details

    • getUserName

      public static String getUserName() throws RemoteException
      Get authenticated user name for the current thread. If the client has not yet been authenticated, this may result in a MethodAuthenticator object being thrown back to the client to perform a secure login.

      Supported API: true
      Returns:
      the authenticated user name
      Throws:
      RemoteException

    • init

      public static MethodAuthenticator init(MethodAuthenticator authenticator) throws RemoteException
      Initialization method called from bootstrapping authenticator's init method. It can be used to convert bootstrapping authenticator into a real one or to send back another bootstrapping authenticator if the current one failed and there are other login mechanisms available.

      Supported API: true
      Parameters:
      authenticator - the MethodAuthenticator being initialized
      Returns:
      replacement MethodAuthenticator
      Throws:
      RemoteException

    • reauthenticateUser

      public static void reauthenticateUser() throws RemoteException
      Re-authenticate the user name for the current thread. This will result in a MethodAuthenticator object being thrown back to the client to perform a secure login.

      Supported API: true
      Throws:
      RemoteException

    • getAllowUserInteraction

      public static boolean getAllowUserInteraction()
      Get whether the current WTContext should allow user interaction to carry out authentication. This setting can be used by bootstrapping method authenticators to determine if interaction is allowed. The default is true.

      Supported API: true
      Returns:
      true if user interaction is allowed, false if not.

    • setAllowUserInteraction

      public static void setAllowUserInteraction(boolean allow_user_interaction)
      Set whether the current WTContext should allow user interaction to carry out authentication. This setting can be used by bootstrapping method authenticators to determine if interaction is allowed. The default is true.

      Supported API: true
      Parameters:
      allow_user_interaction - true if user interaction is allowed, false if not.

    • getDefaultAllowUserInteraction

      public static boolean getDefaultAllowUserInteraction()
      Get default setting of whether user interation should be allowed to carry out authentication.

      Supported API: true
      Returns:
      true if user interaction is allowed, false if not.

    • setDefaultAllowUserInteraction

      public static void setDefaultAllowUserInteraction(boolean allow_user_interaction)
      Set default value for whether user interation should be allowed to carry out authentication.

      Supported API: true
      Parameters:
      allow_user_interaction - true if user interaction is allowed, false if not.

    • main

      public static void main(String[] args) throws RemoteException, InterruptedException
      Simple tester. Calls Authentication.getUserName(). If the first argument is -r, it will then try reauthentication. If user= and password= arguments are specified, they will be made available to username/password based authentication handlers.

      Supported API: true
      Throws:
      RemoteException
      InterruptedException