org.openanzo.server.security
Class AuthenticationFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.openanzo.server.security.AuthenticationFactory

public class AuthenticationFactory
extends java.lang.Object

Factory to create IAuthenticationProviders

Author:

Matthew Roy ( mroy@cambridgesemantics.com )

Constructor Summary

AuthenticationFactory()

Method Summary

static IAuthenticationProvider

createAuthenticationProvider(java.util.Properties properties) Attempts to dynamically load a class responsible for authentication users.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationFactory

public AuthenticationFactory()

Method Detail

createAuthenticationProvider

public static final IAuthenticationProvider createAuthenticationProvider(java.util.Properties properties)

Attempts to dynamically load a class responsible for authentication users. The class must implement IAuthenticationProvider and either have a static 'getInstance(Properties)' method that returns an IAuthenticationProvider or a constructor that takes only a 'Properties' parameter. AuthenticationProvider is the default/fallback.

Parameters:

properties -

Returns:

AuthenticationProvider class