org.geomajas.security

Interface SecurityService

@Api(allMethods=true)
@UserImplemented
public interface SecurityService

Handle the mapping between an individual authentication store and policy store.

Since:

1.6.0

Author:

Joachim Van der Auwera

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Authentication	getAuthentication(String authenticationToken) Check whether the authentication token is valid.
String	getId() Get the id of this security service.

Method Detail

getId

String getId()

Get the id of this security service. This can be used to check which security service authenticated a token, which may be useful when additional queries need to be made to backing (authentication or policy) services.

Returns:

id for this service

getAuthentication

Authentication getAuthentication(String authenticationToken)

Check whether the authentication token is valid. If so, get the authorization info and (optionally) some user information.

Parameters:

authenticationToken - authentication token

Returns:

Authentication object or null if the token is invalid