blackboard.platform.dataintegration
Interface DataIntegrationAuthenticator

public interface DataIntegrationAuthenticator

Provides authentication for data integration requests.

Since:

Bb 9.1 SP6

Method Summary

DataIntegration	authenticate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Authenticates a data integration HTTP request.
DataIntegration	authenticate(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password) Manually authenticate a data integration by directly passing in the user name/password.

Method Detail

authenticate

DataIntegration authenticate(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                             javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

Authenticates a data integration HTTP request.

If authentication fails, no further changes should be made to the response as error information may already have been sent back and the response committed.

Parameters:

request - the HTTP Request

response - the HTTP Response

Returns:

The DataIntegration that this request is authenticated for, or null if the authentication failed.

authenticate

DataIntegration authenticate(java.lang.String username,
                             java.lang.String password)

Manually authenticate a data integration by directly passing in the user name/password.

Parameters:

username - The user name passed in.

password - The password provided.

Returns:

The DataIntegration associated with the specified user name and password, or null if the authentication failed.