UserAuthentication

java.lang.Object

gda.jython.authenticator.UserAuthentication

public class UserAuthentication extends Object

Class to hold user credentials.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor

Description

UserAuthentication()
Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

static void

clearValues()

static String

getPassword()

static String

getUsername()

static boolean

isAuthenticated()

static boolean

isAuthInfoSupplied()

static boolean

isUseOSAuthentication()

static void

setToNotUseOSAuthentication(String username, String password)

static void

setToUseOSAuthentication()

Set to use OSAuthenitcation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details
- UserAuthentication
  
  public UserAuthentication()
Method Details
- isAuthInfoSupplied
  
  public static boolean isAuthInfoSupplied()
  
  Returns:
  
  Flag to indicate if the values are those entered by the user
- isUseOSAuthentication
  
  public static boolean isUseOSAuthentication()
  
  Returns:
  
  Flag to indicate if the user is the value obtained from System.getProperty("user.name") in which case the password is empty
- getUsername
  
  public static String getUsername()
- getPassword
  
  public static String getPassword()
  
  Returns:
  
  Password - non-empty if isUseOSAuthentication returns false
- setToUseOSAuthentication
  
  public static void setToUseOSAuthentication()
  
  Set to use OSAuthenitcation
- clearValues
  
  public static void clearValues()
- setToNotUseOSAuthentication
  
  public static void setToNotUseOSAuthentication(String username, String password)
- isAuthenticated
  
  public static boolean isAuthenticated() throws Exception
  
  Returns:
  
  true if the user is authenticated
  
  Throws:
  
  Exception - - if an exception during authentication