org.sakaiproject.tool.gradebook.facades

Interface Authn

public interface Authn

Facade to abstract external authentication services. Since this is an application-wide singleton pointing to an otherwise opaque service, we do not assume that the authenticator has access to (for example) an up-to-date fully constructed FacesContext.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getUserUid()
void	setAuthnContext(Object whatToAuthn)

Method Detail

getUserUid

String getUserUid()

Returns:

an ID uniquely identifying the currently authenticated user in a site, or null if the user has not been authenticated.

setAuthnContext

void setAuthnContext(Object whatToAuthn)

Parameters:

whatToAuthn - the javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest or javax.portlet.PortletRequest for which authentication should be checked. Since they don't share an interface, a generic object is passed.