gov.nasa.pds.harvest.search.security

Class SecurityClient

java.lang.Object

gov.nasa.pds.harvest.search.security.SecurityClient

public class SecurityClient
extends Object

Class that provides an interface to the PDS Security Service

Author:

mcayanan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SecurityClient(String baseURL) Constructor

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	authenticate(String username, String password) Get a security token.
boolean	isTokenValid(String token) Determine if the given token is valid.
void	logout(String token) Logout the authenticated user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SecurityClient

public SecurityClient(String baseURL)

Constructor

Parameters:

baseURL - The security service url.

Method Detail

isTokenValid

public boolean isTokenValid(String token)
                     throws SecurityClientException

Determine if the given token is valid.

Parameters:

token - The security token.

Returns:

'true' if the token is valid.

Throws:

SecurityClientException - If an error occurred while interacting with the security service.

authenticate

public String authenticate(String username,
                  String password)
                    throws SecurityClientException

Get a security token.

Parameters:

username - The username.

password - The password.

Returns:

A security token.

Throws:

SecurityClientException - If an error occurred while interacting with the security service.

logout

public void logout(String token)
            throws SecurityClientException

Logout the authenticated user.

Parameters:

token - The security token.

Throws:

SecurityClientException - If an error occurred while interacting with the security service.