org.apache.catalina
Interface Realm

All Known Implementing Classes:
RealmBase

public interface Realm

A Realm is a read-only facade for an underlying security realm used to authenticate individual users, and identify the security roles associated with those users. Realms can be attached at any Container level, but will typically only be attached to a Context, or higher level, Container.

Version:
$Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2001/07/30 20:04:04 $
Author:
Craig R. McClanahan

Method Summary
 void addPropertyChangeListener(java.beans.PropertyChangeListener listener)
          Add a property change listener to this component.
 java.security.Principal authenticate(java.lang.String username, byte[] credentials)
          Return the Principal associated with the specified username and credentials, if there is one; otherwise return null.
 java.security.Principal authenticate(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String credentials)
          Return the Principal associated with the specified username and credentials, if there is one; otherwise return null.
 java.security.Principal authenticate(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String digest, java.lang.String nonce, java.lang.String nc, java.lang.String cnonce, java.lang.String qop, java.lang.String realm, java.lang.String md5a2)
          Return the Principal associated with the specified username, which matches the digest calculated using the given parameters using the method described in RFC 2069; otherwise return null.
 java.security.Principal authenticate(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] certs)
          Return the Principal associated with the specified chain of X509 client certificates.
 Container getContainer()
          Return the Container with which this Realm has been associated.
 java.lang.String getInfo()
          Return descriptive information about this Realm implementation and the corresponding version number, in the format <description>/<version>.
 boolean hasRole(java.security.Principal principal, java.lang.String role)
          Return true if the specified Principal has the specified security role, within the context of this Realm; otherwise return false.
 void removePropertyChangeListener(java.beans.PropertyChangeListener listener)
          Remove a property change listener from this component.
 void setContainer(Container container)
          Set the Container with which this Realm has been associated.
 

Method Detail

getContainer

public Container getContainer()
Return the Container with which this Realm has been associated.


setContainer

public void setContainer(Container container)
Set the Container with which this Realm has been associated.

Parameters:
container - The associated Container

getInfo

public java.lang.String getInfo()
Return descriptive information about this Realm implementation and the corresponding version number, in the format <description>/<version>.


addPropertyChangeListener

public void addPropertyChangeListener(java.beans.PropertyChangeListener listener)
Add a property change listener to this component.

Parameters:
listener - The listener to add

authenticate

public java.security.Principal authenticate(java.lang.String username,
                                            java.lang.String credentials)
Return the Principal associated with the specified username and credentials, if there is one; otherwise return null.

Parameters:
username - Username of the Principal to look up
credentials - Password or other credentials to use in authenticating this username

authenticate

public java.security.Principal authenticate(java.lang.String username,
                                            byte[] credentials)
Return the Principal associated with the specified username and credentials, if there is one; otherwise return null.

Parameters:
username - Username of the Principal to look up
credentials - Password or other credentials to use in authenticating this username

authenticate

public java.security.Principal authenticate(java.lang.String username,
                                            java.lang.String digest,
                                            java.lang.String nonce,
                                            java.lang.String nc,
                                            java.lang.String cnonce,
                                            java.lang.String qop,
                                            java.lang.String realm,
                                            java.lang.String md5a2)
Return the Principal associated with the specified username, which matches the digest calculated using the given parameters using the method described in RFC 2069; otherwise return null.

Parameters:
username - Username of the Principal to look up
digest - Digest which has been submitted by the client
nonce - Unique (or supposedly unique) token which has been used for this request
realm - Realm name
md5a2 - Second MD5 digest used to calculate the digest : MD5(Method + ":" + uri)

authenticate

public java.security.Principal authenticate(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] certs)
Return the Principal associated with the specified chain of X509 client certificates. If there is none, return null.

Parameters:
certs - Array of client certificates, with the first one in the array being the certificate of the client itself.

hasRole

public boolean hasRole(java.security.Principal principal,
                       java.lang.String role)
Return true if the specified Principal has the specified security role, within the context of this Realm; otherwise return false.

Parameters:
principal - Principal for whom the role is to be checked
role - Security role to be checked

removePropertyChangeListener

public void removePropertyChangeListener(java.beans.PropertyChangeListener listener)
Remove a property change listener from this component.

Parameters:
listener - The listener to remove


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