com.webmethods.portal.service.dir

Interface IDirAuthenticator

All Known Subinterfaces:

IDirAuthenticatorEx, IDirPrincipalProvider

public interface IDirAuthenticator

Class IDirAuthenticator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	authenticateUser(IDirUser user, Object credentials) Attempts to authenticate the IDirectoryUser with the supplied credentials.

Method Detail

authenticateUser

void authenticateUser(IDirUser user,
                      Object credentials)
               throws PortalException,
                      AuthenticationException

Attempts to authenticate the IDirectoryUser with the supplied credentials. If this succeeds, then the function will return, otherwise an Authentication Exception will be thrown.

Parameters:

user -

credentials -

Throws:

PortalException

AuthenticationException