org.jivesoftware.admin

Interface ServletRequestAuthenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

SiteMinderServletRequestAuthenticator

public interface ServletRequestAuthenticator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	authenticateRequest(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Attempts to authenticate an HTTP request to a page on the admin console.

Method Detail

authenticateRequest

String authenticateRequest(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Attempts to authenticate an HTTP request to a page on the admin console.

Parameters:

request - the request to authenticate

Returns:

the username if it was possible to determine from the request, otherwise null