SWORDAuthentication.java

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 */
package org.dspace.sword;

import org.dspace.core.Context;
import org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationManager;
import org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod;

/**
 * This class offers a thin wrapper for the default DSpace
 * authentication module for the SWORD implementation
 * 
 * @author Richard Jones
 *
 */
public class SWORDAuthentication
{
	/**
	 * Does the given username and password authenticate for the
	 * given DSpace Context?
	 * 
	 * @param context
	 * @param un
	 * @param pw
	 * @return	true if yes, false if not
	 */
	public boolean authenticates(Context context, String un, String pw)
	{
		int auth = AuthenticationManager.authenticate(context, un, pw, null, null);
		if (auth == AuthenticationMethod.SUCCESS)
		{
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}
}