Package org.restlet.security

Class LocalVerifier

java.lang.Object

org.restlet.security.SecretVerifier

org.restlet.security.LocalVerifier

All Implemented Interfaces:

Verifier

Direct Known Subclasses:

MapVerifier

public abstract class LocalVerifier
extends SecretVerifier

Verifier that can locally retrieve the secrets. This verifier assumes that the secret associated to an identifier can be retrieved, which isn't always possible or even desirable.

Author:

Jerome Louvel

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.restlet.security.Verifier

RESULT_INVALID, RESULT_MISSING, RESULT_STALE, RESULT_UNKNOWN, RESULT_UNSUPPORTED, RESULT_VALID

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LocalVerifier()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract char[]	getLocalSecret(java.lang.String identifier)	Returns the local secret associated to a given identifier.
int	verify(java.lang.String identifier, char[] secret)	Verifies that the identifier/secret couple is valid.

Methods inherited from class org.restlet.security.SecretVerifier

compare, createUser, getIdentifier, getSecret, verify

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LocalVerifier

public LocalVerifier()

Method Detail

getLocalSecret

public abstract char[] getLocalSecret(java.lang.String identifier)

Returns the local secret associated to a given identifier.

Parameters:

identifier - The identifier to lookup.

Returns:

The secret associated to the identifier or null.

verify

public int verify(java.lang.String identifier,
                  char[] secret)

Description copied from class: SecretVerifier

Verifies that the identifier/secret couple is valid. It throws an IllegalArgumentException in case the identifier is either null or does not identify a user.

Specified by:

verify in class SecretVerifier

Parameters:

identifier - The user identifier to match.

secret - The provided secret to verify.

Returns:

Result of the verification based on the RESULT_* constants.