net.officefloor.plugin.web.http.security.store

Class CredentialStoreUtil

java.lang.Object

net.officefloor.plugin.web.http.security.store.CredentialStoreUtil

public class CredentialStoreUtil
extends Object

Utility functions for working with a CredentialStore.

Author:

Daniel Sagenschneider

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static HttpSecurity	authenticate(String userId, String realm, byte[] credentials, String scheme, CredentialStore store) Convenience method to authenticate the user from the CredentialStore.
static MessageDigest	createDigest(String algorithm) Creates the MessageDigest for the CredentialStore algorithm.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createDigest

public static MessageDigest createDigest(String algorithm)
                                  throws IOException

Creates the MessageDigest for the CredentialStore algorithm.

Parameters:

algorithm - CredentialStore algorithm.

Returns:

MessageDigest for the algorithm or null indicate credentials are in plain text.

Throws:

IOException - If fails to obtain MessageDigest for the algorithm.

authenticate

public static HttpSecurity authenticate(String userId,
                                        String realm,
                                        byte[] credentials,
                                        String scheme,
                                        CredentialStore store)
                                 throws IOException

Convenience method to authenticate the user from the CredentialStore.

Parameters:

userId - Identifier for the user.

realm - Security realm.

credentials - Credentials.

scheme - Authentication scheme.

store - CredentialStore.

Returns:

HttpSecurity or null if not authorised.

Throws:

IOException - If fails to communicate with CredentialStore.