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Authenticator.java API Doc Example 1429 Mon Apr 03 17:21:48 BST 2000 com.imaginary.lwp

Authenticator

public interface Authenticator

Authenticates a user ID/password pair. Different applications may provide their own authenticator and specify them in their LWP configuration file using the "imaginary.lwp.authenticator" property.
Last modified $Date: 1999/11/07 19:32:25 $

version: $Revision: 1.2 $
author: George Reese (borg@imaginary.com)

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Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public void authenticate(java.lang.String uid, java.lang.String pw)
Authenticates the specified user ID against the specified password.
param
uid the user ID to authenticate
param
pw the password to use for authentication
throws
com.imaginary.lwp.AuthenticationException the user ID failed to authenticate against the specified password
public void authenticate(java.lang.String uid, java.lang.String pw, AuthenticationRole r)
Authenticates the specified user ID against the specified password.
param
uid the user ID to authenticate
param
pw the password to use for authentication
param
r the role to authenticate for
throws
com.imaginary.lwp.AuthenticationException the user ID failed to authenticate against the specified password