org.apache.derby.iapi.jdbc

Interface AuthenticationService

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticationServiceBase, BasicAuthenticationServiceImpl, JNDIAuthenticationService, NativeAuthenticationServiceImpl, NoneAuthenticationServiceImpl, SpecificAuthenticationServiceImpl

public interface AuthenticationService

The AuthenticationService provides a mechanism for authenticating users willing to access JBMS.

There can be different and user defined authentication schemes, as long the expected interface here below is implementing and registered as a module when JBMS starts-up.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	MODULE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	authenticate(java.lang.String databaseName, java.util.Properties info) Authenticate a User inside Derby.
java.lang.String	getSystemCredentialsDatabaseName() Get the name of the credentials database used to authenticate system-wide operations.

Field Detail

MODULE

static final java.lang.String MODULE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

authenticate

boolean authenticate(java.lang.String databaseName,
                     java.util.Properties info)
              throws java.sql.SQLException

Authenticate a User inside Derby.

Parameters:

info - Connection properties info. failure.

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException

getSystemCredentialsDatabaseName

java.lang.String getSystemCredentialsDatabaseName()

Get the name of the credentials database used to authenticate system-wide operations. This returns null for all implementations except NATIVE authentication.