org.springframework.security.providers.rcp
Interface RemoteAuthenticationManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

RemoteAuthenticationManagerImpl

public interface RemoteAuthenticationManager

Allows remote clients to attempt authentication.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Ben Alex

Method Summary

GrantedAuthority[]

attemptAuthentication(String username, String password) Attempts to authenticate the remote client using the presented username and password.

Method Detail

attemptAuthentication

GrantedAuthority[] attemptAuthentication(String username,
                                         String password)
                                         throws RemoteAuthenticationException

Attempts to authenticate the remote client using the presented username and password. If authentication is successful, an array of GrantedAuthority[] objects will be returned.

In order to maximise remoting protocol compatibility, a design decision was taken to operate with minimal arguments and return only the minimal amount of information required for remote clients to enable/disable relevant user interface commands etc. There is nothing preventing users from implementing their own equivalent package that works with more complex object types.

Parameters:

username - the username the remote client wishes to authenticate with.

password - the password the remote client wishes to authenticate with.

Returns:

all of the granted authorities the specified username and password have access to.

Throws:

RemoteAuthenticationException - if the authentication failed.