Interface SecurityProvider

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    ServletSecurityProvider, SimpleSecurityProvider

    public interface SecurityProvider
    The Axis security provider interface As Axis is designed for use in embedded environments, those environments will often contain their own security databases and potentially authentication managers. This interface allows Axis to obtain authentication information from an opaque source which will presumably be configured into the engine at startup time.
    Author:
    Glen Daniels (gdaniels@apache.org)
    • Method Detail

      • authenticate

        AuthenticatedUser authenticate​(MessageContext msgContext)
        Authenticate a user from a username/password pair.
        Parameters:
        msgContext - the MessageContext containing authentication info
        Returns:
        an AuthenticatedUser or null
      • userMatches

        boolean userMatches​(AuthenticatedUser user,
                            java.lang.String principal)
        See if a user matches a principal name. The name might be a user or a group.
        Returns:
        true if the user matches the passed name