edu.emory.bmi.aiw.i2b2export.i2b2

Class I2b2UserAuthenticatorImpl

java.lang.Object

edu.emory.bmi.aiw.i2b2export.i2b2.I2b2UserAuthenticatorImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

I2b2UserAuthenticator

public final class I2b2UserAuthenticatorImpl
extends Object
implements I2b2UserAuthenticator

Implementation of the i2b2 user authentication interface. It authenticates i2b2 users by filling out the i2b2 user authentication XML template and sending it to the i2b2 service defined in the application's properties file (see: I2b2CommUtil).

Since:

1.0

Author:

Michel Mansour

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
I2b2UserAuthenticatorImpl(I2b2EurekaServicesProperties inProperties, I2b2XmlPostSupport inI2b2XmlPostSupport) Default no-arg constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	authenticateUser(I2b2AuthMetadata authMetadata) Determines whether or not a user is authenticated given their authentication metadata.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

I2b2UserAuthenticatorImpl

@Inject
public I2b2UserAuthenticatorImpl(I2b2EurekaServicesProperties inProperties,
                                         I2b2XmlPostSupport inI2b2XmlPostSupport)

Default no-arg constructor.

Method Detail

authenticateUser

public boolean authenticateUser(I2b2AuthMetadata authMetadata)
                         throws I2b2ExportServiceXmlException

Description copied from interface: I2b2UserAuthenticator

Determines whether or not a user is authenticated given their authentication metadata.

Specified by:

authenticateUser in interface I2b2UserAuthenticator

Parameters:

authMetadata - the i2b2 authentication metadata to provide to i2b2 to authenticate the user

Returns:

true if the user was authenticated by i2b2, false otherwise

Throws:

I2b2ExportServiceXmlException - if an error occurs processing the i2b2 response XML