AuthenticationService.java

/* 
 * Copyright (C) 2014 GG-Net GmbH - Oliver Günther
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */
package eu.ggnet.dwoss.rights.api;

import javax.ejb.Local;
import javax.ejb.Remote;

import eu.ggnet.dwoss.util.UserInfoException;

/**
 * This Service can be implemented to create a alternative authentication of users.
 * <p>
 * @author bastian.venz
 */
@Remote
@Local
public interface AuthenticationService {

    /**
     * This method should returns true if the user with the given username and password is valid and authenticate.
     * <p>
     * @param username the username of the user.
     * @param password the password
     * @return true if the authentication was successful.
     */
    boolean authenticate(String username, char[] password) throws UserInfoException;
}