org.jboss.security
Interface AuthenticationManager

All Known Subinterfaces:

EJBSecurityManager, SecurityDomain, SubjectSecurityManager

public interface AuthenticationManager

The SecurityManager is responsible for validating credentials associated with principals.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.2.1 $

Author:

Scott.Stark@jboss.org

Method Summary

boolean

isValid(java.security.Principal principal, java.lang.Object credential) The isValid method is invoked to see if a user identity and associated credentials as known in the operational environment are valid proof of the user identity.

Method Detail

isValid

public boolean isValid(java.security.Principal principal,
                       java.lang.Object credential)

The isValid method is invoked to see if a user identity and associated credentials as known in the operational environment are valid proof of the user identity.

Parameters:

principal, - the user identity in the operation environment

credential, - the proof of user identity as known in the operation environment

Returns:

true if the principal, credential pair is valid, false otherwise.