oracle.panama.rt.hook
Interface AuthenticationHook

public interface AuthenticationHook

This interface represents the plug-in modules that perform authentication.

Since:

Oracle9i Application Server Wireless Edition

Method Summary

AuthenticationContext

authenticate(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String password, Request request) Delegate authentication operation to an external module.

Method Detail

authenticate

public AuthenticationContext authenticate(java.lang.String userName,
                                          java.lang.String password,
Request request)
                                   throws AuthenticationException

Delegate authentication operation to an external module.

Returns:

an context that may contain credentials and privileges

Throws:

AuthenticationFailOverException - when the hook requests fail over to another authentication scheme, for example, when the user name is unrecognized

AuthenticationException - when the user credentials (such as, password) are invalid