/*
* @(#)LoginModule.java 1.53 04/05/05
*
* Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package javax.security.auth.spi;
import javax.security.auth.Subject;
import javax.security.auth.AuthPermission;
import javax.security.auth.callback.*;
import javax.security.auth.login.*;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* <p> <code>LoginModule</code> describes the interface
* implemented by authentication technology providers. LoginModules
* are plugged in under applications to provide a particular type of
* authentication.
*
* <p> While applications write to the <code>LoginContext</code> API,
* authentication technology providers implement the
* <code>LoginModule</code> interface.
* A <code>Configuration</code> specifies the LoginModule(s)
* to be used with a particular login application. Therefore different
* LoginModules can be plugged in under the application without
* requiring any modifications to the application itself.
*
* <p> The <code>LoginContext</code> is responsible for reading the
* <code>Configuration</code> and instantiating the appropriate
* LoginModules. Each <code>LoginModule</code> is initialized with
* a <code>Subject</code>, a <code>CallbackHandler</code>, shared
* <code>LoginModule</code> state, and LoginModule-specific options.
*
* The <code>Subject</code> represents the
* <code>Subject</code> currently being authenticated and is updated
* with relevant Credentials if authentication succeeds.
* LoginModules use the <code>CallbackHandler</code> to
* communicate with users. The <code>CallbackHandler</code> may be
* used to prompt for usernames and passwords, for example.
* Note that the <code>CallbackHandler</code> may be null. LoginModules
* which absolutely require a <code>CallbackHandler</code> to authenticate
* the <code>Subject</code> may throw a <code>LoginException</code>.
* LoginModules optionally use the shared state to share information
* or data among themselves.
*
* <p> The LoginModule-specific options represent the options
* configured for this <code>LoginModule</code> by an administrator or user
* in the login <code>Configuration</code>.
* The options are defined by the <code>LoginModule</code> itself
* and control the behavior within it. For example, a
* <code>LoginModule</code> may define options to support debugging/testing
* capabilities. Options are defined using a key-value syntax,
* such as <i>debug=true</i>. The <code>LoginModule</code>
* stores the options as a <code>Map</code> so that the values may
* be retrieved using the key. Note that there is no limit to the number
* of options a <code>LoginModule</code> chooses to define.
*
* <p> The calling application sees the authentication process as a single
* operation. However, the authentication process within the
* <code>LoginModule</code> proceeds in two distinct phases.
* In the first phase, the LoginModule's
* <code>login</code> method gets invoked by the LoginContext's
* <code>login</code> method. The <code>login</code>
* method for the <code>LoginModule</code> then performs
* the actual authentication (prompt for and verify a password for example)
* and saves its authentication status as private state
* information. Once finished, the LoginModule's <code>login</code>
* method either returns <code>true</code> (if it succeeded) or
* <code>false</code> (if it should be ignored), or throws a
* <code>LoginException</code> to specify a failure.
* In the failure case, the <code>LoginModule</code> must not retry the
* authentication or introduce delays. The responsibility of such tasks
* belongs to the application. If the application attempts to retry
* the authentication, the LoginModule's <code>login</code> method will be
* called again.
*
* <p> In the second phase, if the LoginContext's overall authentication
* succeeded (the relevant REQUIRED, REQUISITE, SUFFICIENT and OPTIONAL
* LoginModules succeeded), then the <code>commit</code>
* method for the <code>LoginModule</code> gets invoked.
* The <code>commit</code> method for a <code>LoginModule</code> checks its
* privately saved state to see if its own authentication succeeded.
* If the overall <code>LoginContext</code> authentication succeeded
* and the LoginModule's own authentication succeeded, then the
* <code>commit</code> method associates the relevant
* Principals (authenticated identities) and Credentials (authentication data
* such as cryptographic keys) with the <code>Subject</code>
* located within the <code>LoginModule</code>.
*
* <p> If the LoginContext's overall authentication failed (the relevant
* REQUIRED, REQUISITE, SUFFICIENT and OPTIONAL LoginModules did not succeed),
* then the <code>abort</code> method for each <code>LoginModule</code>
* gets invoked. In this case, the <code>LoginModule</code> removes/destroys
* any authentication state originally saved.
*
* <p> Logging out a <code>Subject</code> involves only one phase.
* The <code>LoginContext</code> invokes the LoginModule's <code>logout</code>
* method. The <code>logout</code> method for the <code>LoginModule</code>
* then performs the logout procedures, such as removing Principals or
* Credentials from the <code>Subject</code> or logging session information.
*
* <p> A <code>LoginModule</code> implementation must have a constructor with
* no arguments. This allows classes which load the <code>LoginModule</code>
* to instantiate it.
*
* @version 1.53, 05/05/04
* @see javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext
* @see javax.security.auth.login.Configuration
*/
public interface LoginModule {
/**
* Initialize this LoginModule.
*
* <p> This method is called by the <code>LoginContext</code>
* after this <code>LoginModule</code> has been instantiated.
* The purpose of this method is to initialize this
* <code>LoginModule</code> with the relevant information.
* If this <code>LoginModule</code> does not understand
* any of the data stored in <code>sharedState</code> or
* <code>options</code> parameters, they can be ignored.
*
* <p>
*
* @param subject the <code>Subject</code> to be authenticated. <p>
*
* @param callbackHandler a <code>CallbackHandler</code> for communicating
* with the end user (prompting for usernames and
* passwords, for example). <p>
*
* @param sharedState state shared with other configured LoginModules. <p>
*
* @param options options specified in the login
* <code>Configuration</code> for this particular
* <code>LoginModule</code>.
*/
void initialize(Subject subject, CallbackHandler callbackHandler,
Map<String,?> sharedState,
Map<String,?> options);
/**
* Method to authenticate a <code>Subject</code> (phase 1).
*
* <p> The implementation of this method authenticates
* a <code>Subject</code>. For example, it may prompt for
* <code>Subject</code> information such
* as a username and password and then attempt to verify the password.
* This method saves the result of the authentication attempt
* as private state within the LoginModule.
*
* <p>
*
* @exception LoginException if the authentication fails
*
* @return true if the authentication succeeded, or false if this
* <code>LoginModule</code> should be ignored.
*/
boolean login() throws LoginException;
/**
* Method to commit the authentication process (phase 2).
*
* <p> This method is called if the LoginContext's
* overall authentication succeeded
* (the relevant REQUIRED, REQUISITE, SUFFICIENT and OPTIONAL LoginModules
* succeeded).
*
* <p> If this LoginModule's own authentication attempt
* succeeded (checked by retrieving the private state saved by the
* <code>login</code> method), then this method associates relevant
* Principals and Credentials with the <code>Subject</code> located in the
* <code>LoginModule</code>. If this LoginModule's own
* authentication attempted failed, then this method removes/destroys
* any state that was originally saved.
*
* <p>
*
* @exception LoginException if the commit fails
*
* @return true if this method succeeded, or false if this
* <code>LoginModule</code> should be ignored.
*/
boolean commit() throws LoginException;
/**
* Method to abort the authentication process (phase 2).
*
* <p> This method is called if the LoginContext's
* overall authentication failed.
* (the relevant REQUIRED, REQUISITE, SUFFICIENT and OPTIONAL LoginModules
* did not succeed).
*
* <p> If this LoginModule's own authentication attempt
* succeeded (checked by retrieving the private state saved by the
* <code>login</code> method), then this method cleans up any state
* that was originally saved.
*
* <p>
*
* @exception LoginException if the abort fails
*
* @return true if this method succeeded, or false if this
* <code>LoginModule</code> should be ignored.
*/
boolean abort() throws LoginException;
/**
* Method which logs out a <code>Subject</code>.
*
* <p>An implementation of this method might remove/destroy a Subject's
* Principals and Credentials.
*
* <p>
*
* @exception LoginException if the logout fails
*
* @return true if this method succeeded, or false if this
* <code>LoginModule</code> should be ignored.
*/
boolean logout() throws LoginException;
}
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