org.mortbay.http
Class SecurityConstraint.Nobody

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.mortbay.http.SecurityConstraint.Nobody

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.security.Principal, UserPrincipal

Enclosing class:

SecurityConstraint

public static class SecurityConstraint.Nobody

extends java.lang.Object

implements UserPrincipal

Nobody user. The Nobody UserPrincipal is used to indicate a partial state of authentication. A request with a Nobody UserPrincipal will be allowed past all authentication constraints - but will not be considered an authenticated request. It can be used by Authenticators such as FormAuthenticator to allow access to logon and error pages within an authenticated URI tree.

Constructor Summary

SecurityConstraint.Nobody()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName()
boolean	isAuthenticated() Check authentication status.
boolean	isUserInRole(java.lang.String role) Check if the user is in a role.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, hashCode, toString

Constructor Detail

SecurityConstraint.Nobody

public SecurityConstraint.Nobody()

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface java.security.Principal

isAuthenticated

public boolean isAuthenticated()

Description copied from interface: UserPrincipal

Check authentication status. Implementations of this method may adorn the calling context to assoicate it with the authenticated principal (eg ThreadLocals). If such context associations are made, they should be considered valid until a UserRealm.deAuthenticate(UserPrincipal) call is made for this UserPrincipal.

Specified by:

isAuthenticated in interface UserPrincipal

Returns:

True if this user is still authenticated.

isUserInRole

public boolean isUserInRole(java.lang.String role)

Description copied from interface: UserPrincipal

Check if the user is in a role.

Specified by:

isUserInRole in interface UserPrincipal

Parameters:

role - A role name.

Returns:

True if the user can act in that role.