ServletSecurityProvider (Axis API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.axis.security.servlet.ServletSecurityProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

SecurityProvider
```
public class ServletSecurityProvider
extends java.lang.Object
implements SecurityProvider
```
A ServletSecurityProvider, combined with the ServletAuthenticatedUser class, allows the standard servlet security mechanisms (isUserInRole(), etc.) to integrate with Axis' access control mechanism. By utilizing this class (which the AxisServlet can be configured to do automatically), authentication and role information will come from your servlet engine.

Author:

Glen Daniels (gdaniels@apache.org)

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected static org.apache.commons.logging.Log log

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ServletSecurityProvider()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AuthenticatedUser`	`authenticate(MessageContext msgContext)`	Authenticate a user from a username/password pair.
`boolean`	`userMatches(AuthenticatedUser user, java.lang.String principal)`	See if a user matches a principal name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - log
```
protected static org.apache.commons.logging.Log log
```
- Constructor Detail
  - ServletSecurityProvider
```
public ServletSecurityProvider()
```
- Method Detail
  - authenticate
```
public AuthenticatedUser authenticate(MessageContext msgContext)
```
    Authenticate a user from a username/password pair.
    
    Specified by:
    
    authenticate in interface SecurityProvider
    
    Parameters:
    
    username - the user name to check
    
    password - the password to check
    
    Returns:
    
    an AuthenticatedUser or null
  - userMatches
```
public boolean userMatches(AuthenticatedUser user,
                           java.lang.String principal)
```
    See if a user matches a principal name. The name might be a user or a group.
    
    Specified by:
    
    userMatches in interface SecurityProvider
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the user matches the passed name