Package org.craftercms.profile.api.services

Interface AuthenticationService

public interface AuthenticationService

Service for handling authentication for users.

Author:

avasquez

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Ticket	authenticate(String tenantName, String username, String password)	Authenticates the user, and returns a ticket identifying the authentication.
PersistentLogin	createPersistentLogin(String profileId)	Creates a persistent login, use for remember me functionality.
Ticket	createTicket(String profileId)	Create a new ticket for the specified profile.
void	deletePersistentLogin(String loginId)	Deletes the persistent login.
PersistentLogin	getPersistentLogin(String loginId)	Returns the persistent login object for the given ID.
Ticket	getTicket(String ticketId)	Returns the ticket object for the given ticket ID.
void	invalidateTicket(String ticketId)	Invalidates the ticket.
PersistentLogin	refreshPersistentLoginToken(String loginId)	Refreshes the token of the specified persistent login.

Method Detail

authenticate

Ticket authenticate(String tenantName,
                    String username,
                    String password)
             throws ProfileException

Authenticates the user, and returns a ticket identifying the authentication.

Parameters:

tenantName - the tenant's name

username - the username

password - the password

Returns:

the ticket

Throws:

ProfileException

createTicket

Ticket createTicket(String profileId)
             throws ProfileException

Create a new ticket for the specified profile.

Note: this method should only be used when authentication is done through other means (like when authenticating through Facebook or Twitter) different than profile, or when authenticating through a persistent login

Parameters:

profileId - the ID of the profile

Returns:

the ticket

Throws:

ProfileException

getTicket

Ticket getTicket(String ticketId)
          throws ProfileException

Returns the ticket object for the given ticket ID.

Parameters:

ticketId - the ID of the ticket

Returns:

the ticket object, or null if no ticket found or ticket has expired

Throws:

ProfileException

invalidateTicket

void invalidateTicket(String ticketId)
               throws ProfileException

Invalidates the ticket.

Parameters:

ticketId - the ID of the ticket to invalidate

Throws:

ProfileException

createPersistentLogin

PersistentLogin createPersistentLogin(String profileId)
                               throws ProfileException

Creates a persistent login, use for remember me functionality.

Parameters:

profileId - the ID of the profile

Returns:

the persistent login

Throws:

ProfileException

getPersistentLogin

PersistentLogin getPersistentLogin(String loginId)
                            throws ProfileException

Returns the persistent login object for the given ID.

Parameters:

loginId - the ID of the login

Returns:

the persistent login, or null if not found

Throws:

ProfileException

refreshPersistentLoginToken

PersistentLogin refreshPersistentLoginToken(String loginId)
                                     throws ProfileException

Refreshes the token of the specified persistent login.

Parameters:

loginId - the ID of the persistent login

Returns:

the persistent login with the refreshed token

Throws:

ProfileException

deletePersistentLogin

void deletePersistentLogin(String loginId)
                    throws ProfileException

Deletes the persistent login.

Parameters:

loginId - the ID of the login to invalidate

Throws:

ProfileException