org.sonar.api.security
Interface LoginPasswordAuthenticator

All Superinterfaces:

Extension, ServerComponent, ServerExtension

Deprecated. replaced by Authenticator in version 3.1

@Deprecated
public interface LoginPasswordAuthenticator
extends ServerExtension

Since:

1.12

See Also:

SecurityRealm

Method Summary

boolean	authenticate(String username, String password) Deprecated.
void	init() Deprecated. in 2.14, but was left for backward compatibility - when this authenticator is not a part of SecurityRealm, otherwise has no effect and not invoked

Method Detail

init

@Deprecated
void init()

Deprecated. in 2.14, but was left for backward compatibility - when this authenticator is not a part of SecurityRealm, otherwise has no effect and not invoked

Throws:

RuntimeException - if the authenticator can not be initialized at sonar server startup, eg. if the connection to LDAP server is refused

authenticate

boolean authenticate(String username,
                     String password)

Deprecated.

Returns:

true, if user was successfully authenticated with specified username and password, false otherwise

Throws:

RuntimeException - in case of unexpected error such as connection failure