com.cafesoft.cams.auth
Interface AuthenticationService

All Superinterfaces:

Debuggable, Service

public interface AuthenticationService

extends Service

Defines an interface for a client-side AuthenticationService hosted under a CamsClient.

Since:

11/07/02

Method Summary

AuthResponse	authenticate(AuthRequest authReq) Authenticate a subject.
AuthRequest	createAuthRequest() Create an empty AuthRequest.
void	destroy(AuthRequest authReq) Destroy an AuthRequest.
void	destroy(AuthResponse authRes) Destroy an AuthResponse.

Methods inherited from interface com.cafesoft.core.service.Service

destroy, getServiceConfig, initialize

Methods inherited from interface com.cafesoft.core.util.Debuggable

setDebug

Method Detail

authenticate

public AuthResponse authenticate(AuthRequest authReq)
                          throws AuthException,
                                 CamsTransportException

Authenticate a subject.

Parameters:

authReq - the authentication request

Returns:

authRes the authentication response

Throws:

AuthException - if an error when executing the authentication.

CamsTransportException

See Also:

AuthRequest, AuthResponse, AuthException

createAuthRequest

public AuthRequest createAuthRequest()

Create an empty AuthRequest.

Returns:

an empty AuthRequest.

destroy

public void destroy(AuthRequest authReq)

Destroy an AuthRequest.

Parameters:

authReq - the AuthRequest to be destroyed.

destroy

public void destroy(AuthResponse authRes)

Destroy an AuthResponse.

Parameters:

authRes - the AuthResponse to be destroyed.