org.ametys.core.authentication

Interface BlockingCredentialProvider

All Superinterfaces:

CredentialProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicCredentialProvider, CASCredentialProvider, FormCredentialProvider, UserDAO.ImpersonateCredentialProvider

public interface BlockingCredentialProvider
extends CredentialProvider

Defines a CredentialProvider that can be blocking.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
UserIdentity	blockingGetUserIdentity(Redirector redirector) Method called by AuthenticateAction each time a request need authentication.
boolean	blockingGrantAnonymousRequest() Method called by AuthenticateAction before asking for credentials.
boolean	blockingIsStillConnected(UserIdentity userIdentity, Redirector redirector) Validates that the user specify is still connected
void	blockingUserAllowed(UserIdentity userIdentity) Method called by AuthenticateAction after authentication process succeeded
void	blockingUserNotAllowed(Redirector redirector) Method called by AuthenticateAction each a user could not get authenticated.
boolean	requiresNewWindow() Does this blocking credential provider requires a new window to process.

Methods inherited from interface org.ametys.core.authentication.CredentialProvider

getCredentialProviderModelId, getId, getLabel, getParameterValues, getUserIdentity, grantAnonymousRequest, init, isStillConnected, userAllowed, userNotAllowed

Method Detail

blockingGrantAnonymousRequest

boolean blockingGrantAnonymousRequest()

Method called by AuthenticateAction before asking for credentials. This method is used to bypass authentication. If this method returns true, no authentication will be required. Use it with care, as it may lead to obvious security issues.

Returns:

true if the Request is not authenticated

blockingIsStillConnected

boolean blockingIsStillConnected(UserIdentity userIdentity,
                                 Redirector redirector)
                          throws Exception

Validates that the user specify is still connected

Parameters:

userIdentity - the user previously correctly identified with this credential provider

redirector - The cocoon redirector

Returns:

true if this CredentialProvider was in a valid state, false to restart authentication process

Throws:

Exception - If an error occurred

blockingGetUserIdentity

UserIdentity blockingGetUserIdentity(Redirector redirector)
                              throws Exception

Method called by AuthenticateAction each time a request need authentication.

Parameters:

redirector - the cocoon redirector.

Returns:

the UserIdentity corresponding to the user (with or without population specified), or null if user could not get authenticated.

Throws:

Exception - if something wrong occurs

blockingUserNotAllowed

void blockingUserNotAllowed(Redirector redirector)
                     throws Exception

Method called by AuthenticateAction each a user could not get authenticated. This method implementation is responsible of redirecting response to appropriate url.

Parameters:

redirector - the cocoon Redirector that can be used for redirecting response.

Throws:

Exception - if something wrong occurs

blockingUserAllowed

void blockingUserAllowed(UserIdentity userIdentity)

Method called by AuthenticateAction after authentication process succeeded

Parameters:

userIdentity - The user correctly connected

requiresNewWindow

boolean requiresNewWindow()

Does this blocking credential provider requires a new window to process.

Returns:

true to ask the client to process this credential provider throught a new window