org.silverpeas.authentication
Class AuthenticationNT

java.lang.Object
  org.silverpeas.authentication.Authentication
      org.silverpeas.authentication.AuthenticationNT

public class AuthenticationNT
extends Authentication

This class performs the NT authentication by calling the NTRIS service

Version:

Author:

tleroi

Field Summary

protected String	m_Host
protected int	m_Port
protected int	m_Timeout

Fields inherited from class org.silverpeas.authentication.Authentication

enabled, ENC_TYPE_CLEAR, ENC_TYPE_MD5, ENC_TYPE_UNIX, module, PASSWORD_CHANGE_ALLOWED, PASSWORD_IS_ABOUT_TO_EXPIRE

Constructor Summary

AuthenticationNT()

Method Summary

protected void	closeConnection(AuthenticationConnection connection) Closes the connection that was previously opened with the server of the remote authentication service.
protected void	doAuthentication(AuthenticationConnection connection, AuthenticationCredential credential) Does the authentication by using the specified connection with the remote server and with with the specified user credential.
void	loadProperties(ResourceLocator settings) Loads the specified properties to set the communication information with the authentication service.
protected AuthenticationConnection<Socket>	openConnection() Opens a connection with a server of the remote authentication service.

Methods inherited from class org.silverpeas.authentication.Authentication

authenticate, changePassword, doChangePassword, doResetPassword, getServerName, init, isEnabled, resetPassword

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

m_Host

protected String m_Host

m_Port

protected int m_Port

m_Timeout

protected int m_Timeout

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationNT

public AuthenticationNT()

Method Detail

loadProperties

public void loadProperties(ResourceLocator settings)

Description copied from class: Authentication

Loads the specified properties to set the communication information with the authentication service.

Specified by:

loadProperties in class Authentication

Parameters:

settings - the communication settings.

openConnection

protected AuthenticationConnection<Socket> openConnection()
                                                   throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from class: Authentication

Opens a connection with a server of the remote authentication service. The policy of the connection management is left to the concrete Authentication implementation.

Specified by:

openConnection in class Authentication

Returns:

a connection with a remote authentication server.

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if no connection can be established with a server of the remote authentication service.

closeConnection

protected void closeConnection(AuthenticationConnection connection)
                        throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from class: Authentication

Closes the connection that was previously opened with the server of the remote authentication service. The policy of the connection management is left to the concrete Authentication implementation.

Specified by:

closeConnection in class Authentication

Parameters:

connection - the connection with a remote authentication server.

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if no connection was previously opened or if the connection cannot be closed for any reason.

doAuthentication

protected void doAuthentication(AuthenticationConnection connection,
                                AuthenticationCredential credential)
                         throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from class: Authentication

Does the authentication by using the specified connection with the remote server and with with the specified user credential.

Specified by:

doAuthentication in class Authentication

Parameters:

connection - the connection with a remote authentication server.

credential - the credential to use to authenticate the user.

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if an error occurs while authenticating the user.