org.mule.api.security
Interface SecurityProvider

All Superinterfaces:

Initialisable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSecurityProvider, AcegiProviderAdapter, JaasSimpleAuthenticationProvider, PGPSecurityProvider, SpringProviderAdapter, TestMultiuserSecurityProvider, TestSingleUserSecurityProvider

public interface SecurityProvider
extends Initialisable

SecurityProvider is a target security provider that actually does the work of authenticating credentials and populating the Authentication object.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Initialisable

PHASE_NAME

Method Summary

Authentication	authenticate(Authentication authentication)
SecurityContext	createSecurityContext(Authentication auth)
String	getName()
void	setName(String name)
boolean	supports(Class aClass)

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Initialisable

initialise

Method Detail

setName

void setName(String name)

getName

String getName()

authenticate

Authentication authenticate(Authentication authentication)
                            throws SecurityException

Throws:

SecurityException

supports

boolean supports(Class aClass)

createSecurityContext

SecurityContext createSecurityContext(Authentication auth)
                                      throws UnknownAuthenticationTypeException

Throws:

UnknownAuthenticationTypeException