org.restafarian.core.security
Class CookieBasedUserManager

java.lang.Object
  org.restafarian.core.security.CookieBasedUserManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

UserManager

public class CookieBasedUserManager
extends java.lang.Object
implements UserManager

This module finds and returns the currently authenticated user by returning the user identified in a cookie.

Constructor Summary

CookieBasedUserManager()

Method Summary

Person	getAuthenticatedUser(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req) Returns the currently authenticated user, or null, if there is no user currently authenticated.
void	init(javax.servlet.ServletContext context, org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration config) Initializes the module using the configuration.
void	setAuthenticatedUser(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse res, Person user) Sets the currently authenticated user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CookieBasedUserManager

public CookieBasedUserManager()

Method Detail

init

public void init(javax.servlet.ServletContext context,
                 org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration config)

Initializes the module using the configuration.

Specified by:

init in interface UserManager

Parameters:

context - the ServletContext object

config - the Configuration object

getAuthenticatedUser

public Person getAuthenticatedUser(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req)

Returns the currently authenticated user, or null, if there is no user currently authenticated.

Specified by:

getAuthenticatedUser in interface UserManager

Parameters:

req - the HttpServletRequest object

Returns:

the currently authenticated user

setAuthenticatedUser

public void setAuthenticatedUser(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req,
                                 javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse res,
                                 Person user)

Sets the currently authenticated user.

Specified by:

setAuthenticatedUser in interface UserManager

Parameters:

req - the HttpServletRequest object

res - the HttpServletResponse object

user - the currently authenticated user