Package org.saidone.service

Class AuthenticationService

java.lang.Object

org.saidone.component.BaseComponent

org.saidone.service.AuthenticationService

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.springframework.beans.factory.Aware, org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware

@Service
public class AuthenticationService
extends BaseComponent

Service responsible for validating Basic authentication headers.

The provided credentials are decoded and checked against Alfresco via AlfrescoService to verify that the user has administrative privileges.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AuthenticationService()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isAuthorized(String authHeader)	Determines whether the given HTTP Authorization header contains valid Basic credentials for an Alfresco administrator.

Methods inherited from class org.saidone.component.BaseComponent

init, setApplicationContext, shutDown, stop

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AuthenticationService

public AuthenticationService()

Method Details

isAuthorized

public boolean isAuthorized(String authHeader)

Determines whether the given HTTP Authorization header contains valid Basic credentials for an Alfresco administrator.

Parameters:

authHeader - the Authorization header value received from the client

Returns:

true if the credentials are valid and belong to an admin; false otherwise