org.apache.catalina.realm
Class GenericPrincipal

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.catalina.realm.GenericPrincipal

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.security.Principal

public class GenericPrincipal
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.security.Principal

Generic implementation of java.security.Principal that is available for use by Realm implementations.

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

name

protected java.lang.String name

The username of the user represented by this Principal.

password

protected java.lang.String password

The authentication credentials for the user represented by this Principal.

realm

protected Realm realm

The Realm with which this Principal is associated.

roles

protected java.lang.String[] roles

The set of roles associated with this user.

userPrincipal

protected java.security.Principal userPrincipal

The authenticated Principal to be exposed to applications.

loginContext

protected javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext loginContext

The JAAS LoginContext, if any, used to authenticate this Principal. Kept so we can call logout().

GenericPrincipal

public GenericPrincipal(Realm realm,
                        java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.String password)

Construct a new Principal, associated with the specified Realm, for the specified username and password.

Parameters:

realm - The Realm that owns this Principal

name - The username of the user represented by this Principal

password - Credentials used to authenticate this user

GenericPrincipal

public GenericPrincipal(Realm realm,
                        java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.String password,
                        java.util.List<java.lang.String> roles)

Construct a new Principal, associated with the specified Realm, for the specified username and password, with the specified role names (as Strings).

Parameters:

realm - The Realm that owns this principal

name - The username of the user represented by this Principal

password - Credentials used to authenticate this user

roles - List of roles (must be Strings) possessed by this user

GenericPrincipal

public GenericPrincipal(Realm realm,
                        java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.String password,
                        java.util.List<java.lang.String> roles,
                        java.security.Principal userPrincipal)

Construct a new Principal, associated with the specified Realm, for the specified username and password, with the specified role names (as Strings).

Parameters:

realm - The Realm that owns this principal

name - The username of the user represented by this Principal

password - Credentials used to authenticate this user

roles - List of roles (must be Strings) possessed by this user

userPrincipal - - the principal to be returned from the request getUserPrincipal call if not null; if null, this will be returned

GenericPrincipal

public GenericPrincipal(Realm realm,
                        java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.String password,
                        java.util.List<java.lang.String> roles,
                        java.security.Principal userPrincipal,
                        javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext loginContext)

Construct a new Principal, associated with the specified Realm, for the specified username and password, with the specified role names (as Strings).

Parameters:

realm - The Realm that owns this principal

name - The username of the user represented by this Principal

password - Credentials used to authenticate this user

roles - List of roles (must be Strings) possessed by this user

userPrincipal - - the principal to be returned from the request getUserPrincipal call if not null; if null, this will be returned

loginContext - - If provided, this will be used to log out the user at the appropriate time

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface java.security.Principal

getPassword

public java.lang.String getPassword()

getRealm

public Realm getRealm()

getRoles

public java.lang.String[] getRoles()

getUserPrincipal

public java.security.Principal getUserPrincipal()

hasRole

public boolean hasRole(java.lang.String role)

Does the user represented by this Principal possess the specified role?

Parameters:

role - Role to be tested

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a String representation of this object, which exposes only information that should be public.

Specified by:

toString in interface java.security.Principal

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

logout

public void logout()
            throws java.lang.Exception

Calls logout, if necessary, on any associated JAASLoginContext. May in the future be extended to cover other logout requirements.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - If something goes wrong with the logout. Uses Exception to allow for future expansion of this method to cover other logout mechanisms that might throw a different exception to LoginContext