org.apache.guacamole.net.auth

Interface AuthenticationProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleAuthenticationProvider

public interface AuthenticationProvider

Provides means of authorizing users and for accessing and managing data associated with those users. Access to such data is limited according to the AuthenticationProvider implementation.

Author:

Michael Jumper

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AuthenticatedUser	authenticateUser(Credentials credentials) Returns an AuthenticatedUser representing the user authenticated by the given credentials, if any.
String	getIdentifier() Returns the identifier which uniquely and consistently identifies this AuthenticationProvider implementation.
UserContext	getUserContext(AuthenticatedUser authenticatedUser) Returns the UserContext of the user authenticated by the given credentials.
AuthenticatedUser	updateAuthenticatedUser(AuthenticatedUser authenticatedUser, Credentials credentials) Returns a new or updated AuthenticatedUser for the given credentials already having produced the given AuthenticatedUser.
UserContext	updateUserContext(UserContext context, AuthenticatedUser authenticatedUser, Credentials credentials) Returns a new or updated UserContext for the given AuthenticatedUser already having the given UserContext.

Method Detail

getIdentifier

String getIdentifier()

Returns the identifier which uniquely and consistently identifies this AuthenticationProvider implementation. This identifier may not be null and must be unique across all AuthenticationProviders loaded by the Guacamole web application.

Returns:

The unique identifier assigned to this AuthenticationProvider, which may not be null.

authenticateUser

AuthenticatedUser authenticateUser(Credentials credentials)
                            throws org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException

Returns an AuthenticatedUser representing the user authenticated by the given credentials, if any.

Parameters:

credentials - The credentials to use for authentication.

Returns:

An AuthenticatedUser representing the user authenticated by the given credentials, if any, or null if the credentials are invalid.

Throws:

org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException - If an error occurs while authenticating the user, or if access is temporarily, permanently, or conditionally denied, such as if the supplied credentials are insufficient or invalid.

updateAuthenticatedUser

AuthenticatedUser updateAuthenticatedUser(AuthenticatedUser authenticatedUser,
                                          Credentials credentials)
                                   throws org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException

Returns a new or updated AuthenticatedUser for the given credentials already having produced the given AuthenticatedUser. Note that because this function will be called for all future requests after initial authentication, including tunnel requests, care must be taken to avoid using functions of HttpServletRequest which invalidate the entire request body, such as getParameter(). Doing otherwise may cause the GuacamoleHTTPTunnelServlet to fail.

Parameters:

credentials - The credentials to use for authentication.

authenticatedUser - An AuthenticatedUser object representing the user authenticated by an arbitrary set of credentials. The AuthenticatedUser may come from this AuthenticationProvider or any other installed AuthenticationProvider.

Returns:

An updated AuthenticatedUser representing the user authenticated by the given credentials, if any, or null if the credentials are invalid.

Throws:

org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException - If an error occurs while updating the AuthenticatedUser.

getUserContext

UserContext getUserContext(AuthenticatedUser authenticatedUser)
                    throws org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException

Returns the UserContext of the user authenticated by the given credentials.

Parameters:

authenticatedUser - An AuthenticatedUser object representing the user authenticated by an arbitrary set of credentials. The AuthenticatedUser may come from this AuthenticationProvider or any other installed AuthenticationProvider.

Returns:

A UserContext describing the permissions, connection, connection groups, etc. accessible or associated with the given authenticated user, or null if this AuthenticationProvider refuses to provide any such data.

Throws:

org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException - If an error occurs while creating the UserContext.

updateUserContext

UserContext updateUserContext(UserContext context,
                              AuthenticatedUser authenticatedUser,
                              Credentials credentials)
                       throws org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException

Returns a new or updated UserContext for the given AuthenticatedUser already having the given UserContext. Note that because this function will be called for all future requests after initial authentication, including tunnel requests, care must be taken to avoid using functions of HttpServletRequest which invalidate the entire request body, such as getParameter(). Doing otherwise may cause the GuacamoleHTTPTunnelServlet to fail.

Parameters:

context - The existing UserContext belonging to the user in question.

authenticatedUser - An AuthenticatedUser object representing the user authenticated by an arbitrary set of credentials. The AuthenticatedUser may come from this AuthenticationProvider or any other installed AuthenticationProvider.

credentials - The credentials which were most recently submitted. These are not guaranteed to be the same as the credentials associated with the AuthenticatedUser when they originally authenticated.

Returns:

An updated UserContext describing the permissions, connection, connection groups, etc. accessible or associated with the given authenticated user, or null if this AuthenticationProvider refuses to provide any such data.

Throws:

org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException - If an error occurs while updating the UserContext.