org.drools.guvnor.client.rpc
Interface SecurityService

All Superinterfaces:

com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteService

All Known Implementing Classes:

SecurityServiceImpl, SecurityServiceServlet

public interface SecurityService
extends com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteService

Contains methods for authenticating/authorising from the front end.

Method Summary

UserSecurityContext	getCurrentUser()
List<Capability>	getUserCapabilities() This will return the capabilities which determine what is shown in the GUI.
boolean	login(String userName, String password) This will do a password authentication, using the configured JAAS provider.

Method Detail

login

boolean login(String userName,
              String password)

This will do a password authentication, using the configured JAAS provider. This may be a default one (which allows anything in).

Returns:

true if user is logged in successfully.

getCurrentUser

UserSecurityContext getCurrentUser()

Returns:

This returns the current user's name if they are logged in. If not then null is returned (inside a context). Will also return some other handy stuff for changing the GUI based on security context.

getUserCapabilities

List<Capability> getUserCapabilities()

This will return the capabilities which determine what is shown in the GUI. Based on the users roles and permissions.