org.openswing.swing.permissions.client
Interface LoginController


public interface LoginController

Title: OpenSwing Framework

Description: Login controller.

Copyright: Copyright (C) 2006 Mauro Carniel

This file is part of OpenSwing Framework. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the (LGPL) Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1, February 1999 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. The author may be contacted at: maurocarniel@tin.it


Method Summary
 boolean authenticateUser(java.util.Map loginInfo)
          Method called by LoginDialog to authenticate the user.
 int getMaxAttempts()
           
 void loginSuccessful(java.util.Map loginInfo)
          Method called by LoginDialog to notify the sucessful login.
 void stopApplication()
          Method used to destroy application if login is failed.
 

Method Detail

getMaxAttempts

public int getMaxAttempts()
Returns:
maximum number of failed login

stopApplication

public void stopApplication()
Method used to destroy application if login is failed.


authenticateUser

public boolean authenticateUser(java.util.Map loginInfo)
                         throws java.lang.Exception
Method called by LoginDialog to authenticate the user.

Parameters:
loginInfo - login information, like username, password, ...
Returns:
true if user is correcly authenticated, false otherwise NOTE: if this class is used in combination with LoginDialog and CryptUtils classes, than Map argument contains an entry named "password" with associated value tpye byte[] (encrypted password) otherwise Map argument contains an entry named "password" with associated value type String (clear password)
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

loginSuccessful

public void loginSuccessful(java.util.Map loginInfo)
Method called by LoginDialog to notify the sucessful login.

Parameters:
loginInfo - login information, like username, password, ... NOTE: if this class is used in combination with LoginDialog and CryptUtils classes, than Map argument contains an entry named "password" with associated value tpye byte[] (encrypted password) otherwise Map argument contains an entry named "password" with associated value type String (clear password)