Package org.apache.wiki.auth

Authentication, Authorization and the third A thing.

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Interface Summary

Interface	Description
Authorizer	Interface for service providers of authorization information.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AuthenticationManager	Manages authentication activities for a WikiEngine: user login, logout, and credential refreshes.
AuthorizationManager	Manages all access control and authorization; determines what authenticated users are allowed to do.
GroupPrincipal	Immutable Principal that represents a Group.
PrincipalComparator	Comparator class for sorting objects of type Principal.
SecurityVerifier	Helper class for verifying JSPWiki's security configuration.
SessionMonitor	Manages WikiSession's for different WikiEngine's.
UserManager	Provides a facade for obtaining user information.
UserManager.DummyUserDatabase	This is a database that gets used if nothing else is available.
UserManager.JSONUserModule	Implements the JSON API for usermanager.
WikiPrincipal	A lightweight, immutable Principal class.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
NoSuchPrincipalException	Thrown in some error situations where a WikiPrincipal object does not exist.
WikiSecurityException	Indicates an authentication or authorization error or exception.

Package org.apache.wiki.auth Description

Authentication, Authorization and the third A thing.

Package Specification

JSPWiki contains a fairly versatile AAA subsystem, with per-page access control. This is the main package which contains everything which is related to it.

Related Documentation

TBA.