com.prosyst.mprm.auth.server

Interface Verifier

public interface Verifier

Checks credentials.

Since:

07.02.2003

Version:

1.0

Author:

Avgustin Marinov, e-mail: a_marinov@prosyst.bg

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	authMechanismStrength() Returns how strong is this authentication mechanism.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the name of authentication that this verifier supports.
boolean	verify(User user, java.util.Dictionary credentials) Checks the passed credentials for the user.

Method Detail

verify

boolean verify(User user,
               java.util.Dictionary credentials)
        throws java.lang.Exception

Checks the passed credentials for the user.

Parameters:

user - represents the user to be authenticated.

credentials - the credentials client tries to authenticate with.

Returns:

true if user is has to be authorized, false if the verifier is not competent to make decision of the user authentication is correct.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - when the user's credentials are corrupted.

authMechanismStrength

int authMechanismStrength()

Returns how strong is this authentication mechanism.

Returns:

the strength in range [1 .. 10]

toString

java.lang.String toString()

Returns the name of authentication that this verifier supports.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object