org.ldaptive.auth
Class AbstractAuthenticationHandler

java.lang.Object
  org.ldaptive.auth.AbstractAuthenticationHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthenticationHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractBindAuthenticationHandler, AbstractCompareAuthenticationHandler

public abstract class AbstractAuthenticationHandler
extends Object
implements AuthenticationHandler

Base class for an LDAP authentication implementations.

Version:

$Revision: 3235 $ $Date: 2017-08-28 15:48:23 -0400 (Mon, 28 Aug 2017) $

Author:

Middleware Services

Field Summary

protected org.slf4j.Logger

logger Logger for this class.

Constructor Summary

AbstractAuthenticationHandler()

Method Summary

AuthenticationHandlerResponse	authenticate(AuthenticationCriteria ac) Perform an ldap authentication.
protected abstract AuthenticationHandlerResponse	authenticateInternal(Connection c, AuthenticationCriteria criteria) Authenticate on the supplied connection using the supplied criteria.
RequestControl[]	getAuthenticationControls() Returns the controls for this authentication handler.
protected abstract Connection	getConnection() Returns a connection that the authentication operation should be performed on.
protected RequestControl[]	processRequestControls(AuthenticationCriteria criteria) Combines request controls in the AuthenticationRequest with authenticationControls.
void	setAuthenticationControls(RequestControl... c) Sets the controls for this authentication handler.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

logger

protected final org.slf4j.Logger logger

Logger for this class.

Constructor Detail

AbstractAuthenticationHandler

public AbstractAuthenticationHandler()

Method Detail

getAuthenticationControls

public RequestControl[] getAuthenticationControls()

Returns the controls for this authentication handler.

Returns:

controls

setAuthenticationControls

public void setAuthenticationControls(RequestControl... c)

Sets the controls for this authentication handler.

Parameters:

c - controls to set

authenticate

public AuthenticationHandlerResponse authenticate(AuthenticationCriteria ac)
                                           throws LdapException

Perform an ldap authentication.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface AuthenticationHandler

Parameters:

ac - to perform the authentication with

Returns:

authentication handler response

Throws:

LdapException - if ldap operation fails

getConnection

protected abstract Connection getConnection()
                                     throws LdapException

Returns a connection that the authentication operation should be performed on.

Returns:

connection

Throws:

LdapException - if an error occurs provisioning the connection

authenticateInternal

protected abstract AuthenticationHandlerResponse authenticateInternal(Connection c,
                                                                      AuthenticationCriteria criteria)
                                                               throws LdapException

Authenticate on the supplied connection using the supplied criteria.

Parameters:

c - to authenticate on

criteria - criteria to authenticate with

Returns:

authentication handler response

Throws:

LdapException - if the authentication fails

processRequestControls

protected RequestControl[] processRequestControls(AuthenticationCriteria criteria)

Combines request controls in the AuthenticationRequest with authenticationControls.

Parameters:

criteria - containing request controls

Returns:

combined request controls or null