org.apache.ws.security.validate
Class JAASUsernameTokenValidator

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.ws.security.validate.JAASUsernameTokenValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator

public class JAASUsernameTokenValidator
extends java.lang.Object
implements Validator

This class validates a processed UsernameToken, extracted from the Credential passed to the validate method. Username/password validation is delegated to JAAS LoginContext.

Constructor Summary

JAASUsernameTokenValidator()

Method Summary

protected javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler	getCallbackHandler(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String password)
java.lang.String	getContextName()
void	setContextName(java.lang.String name)
Credential	validate(Credential credential, RequestData data) Validate the credential argument.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JAASUsernameTokenValidator

public JAASUsernameTokenValidator()

Method Detail

setContextName

public void setContextName(java.lang.String name)

getContextName

public java.lang.String getContextName()

validate

public Credential validate(Credential credential,
                           RequestData data)
                    throws WSSecurityException

Validate the credential argument. It must contain a non-null UsernameToken. A CallbackHandler implementation is also required to be set. Validator If the password type is either digest or plaintext, it extracts a password from the CallbackHandler and then compares the passwords appropriately. If the password is null it queries a hook to allow the user to validate UsernameTokens of this type.

Specified by:

validate in interface Validator

Parameters:

credential - the Credential to be validated

data - the RequestData associated with the request

Returns:

a validated Credential

Throws:

WSSecurityException - on a failed validation

getCallbackHandler

protected javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler getCallbackHandler(java.lang.String name,
                                                                          java.lang.String password)