/* * Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc. * * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1 * with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a * copy of the License at * * http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, * either express or implied. See the License for the specific * language governing permissions and limitations under the * License. */ package org.alfresco.service.cmr.security; import java.util.Set; import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationException; /** * The authentication service defines the API for managing authentication information * against a user id. * * @author Andy Hind * */ public interface AuthenticationService { /** * Create an authentication for the given user. * * @param userName * @param password * @throws AuthenticationException */ public void createAuthentication(String userName, char[] password) throws AuthenticationException; /** * Update the login information for the user (typically called by the user) * * @param userName * @param oldPassword * @param newPassword * @throws AuthenticationException */ public void updateAuthentication(String userName, char[] oldPassword, char[] newPassword) throws AuthenticationException; /** * Set the login information for a user (typically called by an admin user) * * @param userName * @param newPassword * @throws AuthenticationException */ public void setAuthentication(String userName, char[] newPassword) throws AuthenticationException; /** * Delete an authentication entry * * @param userName * @throws AuthenticationException */ public void deleteAuthentication(String userName) throws AuthenticationException; /** * Enable or disable an authentication entry * * @param userName * @param enabled */ public void setAuthenticationEnabled(String userName, boolean enabled) throws AuthenticationException; /** * Is an authentication enabled or disabled? * * @param userName * @return */ public boolean getAuthenticationEnabled(String userName) throws AuthenticationException; /** * Carry out an authentication attempt. If successful the user is set to the current user. * The current user is a part of the thread context. * * @param userName the username * @param password the passowrd * @throws AuthenticationException */ public void authenticate(String userName, char[] password) throws AuthenticationException; /** * Authenticate as the guest user. This may not be allowed and throw an exception. * * @throws AuthenticationException */ public void authenticateAsGuest() throws AuthenticationException; /** * Check if the given authentication exists. * * @param userName the username * @return Returns true if the authentication exists */ public boolean authenticationExists(String userName); /** * Get the name of the currently authenticated user. * * @return * @throws AuthenticationException */ public String getCurrentUserName() throws AuthenticationException; /** * Invalidate any tickets held by the user. * * @param userName * @throws AuthenticationException */ public void invalidateUserSession(String userName) throws AuthenticationException; /** * Invalidate a single ticket by ID * * @param ticket * @throws AuthenticationException */ public void invalidateTicket(String ticket) throws AuthenticationException; /** * Validate a ticket. Set the current user name accordingly. * * @param ticket * @throws AuthenticationException */ public void validate(String ticket) throws AuthenticationException; /** * Get the current ticket as a string * @return */ public String getCurrentTicket(); /** * Remove the current security information * */ public void clearCurrentSecurityContext(); /** * Is the current user the system user? * * @return */ public boolean isCurrentUserTheSystemUser(); /** * Get the domain to which this instance of an authentication service applies. * * @return The domain name */ public Set getDomains(); /** * Does this instance alow user to be created? * * @return */ public Set getDomainsThatAllowUserCreation(); /** * Does this instance allow users to be deleted? * * @return */ public Set getDomainsThatAllowUserDeletion(); /** * Does this instance allow users to update their passwords? * * @return */ public Set getDomiansThatAllowUserPasswordChanges(); }