Package org.apache.wiki.auth.login

Class AnonymousLoginModule

java.lang.Object

org.apache.wiki.auth.login.AbstractLoginModule

org.apache.wiki.auth.login.AnonymousLoginModule

All Implemented Interfaces:

LoginModule

public class AnonymousLoginModule
extends AbstractLoginModule

Logs in a user based solely on IP address; no other authentication is performed. Barring a mis-configuration or I/O error, this LoginModule always succeeds.

This module must be used with a CallbackHandler (such as WebContainerCallbackHandler) that supports the following Callback types:

1. HttpRequestCallback- supplies the IP address, which is used as a backup in case no name is supplied.

After authentication, a generic WikiPrincipal based on the IP address will be created and associated with the Subject.

Since:

2.3

See Also:

LoginModule.commit()

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected static org.apache.log4j.Logger	log
static String	PROMPT	Bogus prompt sent to the callback handler.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.wiki.auth.login.AbstractLoginModule

m_handler, m_options, m_principals, m_state, m_subject, NULL

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AnonymousLoginModule()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	login()	Logs in the user by calling back to the registered CallbackHandler with an HttpRequestCallback.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.wiki.auth.login.AbstractLoginModule

abort, commit, initialize, logout

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

PROMPT

public static final String PROMPT

Bogus prompt sent to the callback handler.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

log

protected static final org.apache.log4j.Logger log

Constructor Details

AnonymousLoginModule

public AnonymousLoginModule()

Method Details

login

public boolean login()
              throws LoginException

Logs in the user by calling back to the registered CallbackHandler with an HttpRequestCallback. The CallbackHandler must supply the current servlet HTTP request as its response.

Specified by:

login in interface LoginModule

Specified by:

login in class AbstractLoginModule

Returns:

the result of the login; this will always be true.

Throws:

LoginException - if the authentication fails

See Also:

LoginModule.login()