org.apache.catalina
Interface Authenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticatorBase, BasicAuthenticator, DigestAuthenticator, FormAuthenticator, NonLoginAuthenticator, SSLAuthenticator

public interface Authenticator

An Authenticator is a component (usually a Valve or Container) that provides some sort of authentication service.

Version:

$Revision: 1268 $ $Date: 2009-11-13 19:00:41 +0100 (Fri, 13 Nov 2009) $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Method Summary

boolean	authenticate(Request request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
void	login(Request request, java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password)
void	logout(Request request)

Method Detail

authenticate

boolean authenticate(Request request,
                     javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                     throws java.io.IOException,
                            javax.servlet.ServletException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

javax.servlet.ServletException

login

void login(Request request,
           java.lang.String username,
           java.lang.String password)
           throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

logout

void logout(Request request)
            throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException