com.communote.server.core.security.authentication.ldap

Class LdapAuthenticator

java.lang.Object

com.communote.server.core.security.authentication.ldap.LdapAuthenticator

public class LdapAuthenticator
extends Object

Authenticator to authenticate against LDAP directory.

Author:

Communote GmbH - http://www.communote.com/

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LdapAuthenticator(LdapConfiguration ldapConfig) Creates a new authenticator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ExternalUserVO	authenticate(String username, String password, LdapUserAttribute usernameAttribute) Tries to authenticate the user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LdapAuthenticator

public LdapAuthenticator(LdapConfiguration ldapConfig)

Creates a new authenticator.

Parameters:

ldapConfig - the configuration of the authenticator

Method Detail

authenticate

public ExternalUserVO authenticate(String username,
                                   String password,
                                   LdapUserAttribute usernameAttribute)
                            throws LdapAttributeMappingException

Tries to authenticate the user. If the authentication fails an appropriate AuthenticationException is thrown

Parameters:

username - the user name of the user to authenticate.

password - the password

usernameAttribute - determines whether the username parameter refers to an email address or alias

Returns:

the VO of the authenticated user

Throws:

LdapAttributeMappingException - in case the result returned from can not be mapped to the the VO