/* * Security * * Copyright (C) 2010 Jaroslav Merxbauer * * 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. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * */ package notwa.security; import notwa.common.ConnectionInfo; import notwa.dal.UserDal; import notwa.exception.SignInException; /** * Security is the class providing simple task to maintain the application security. * It is currently implemented to be a singleton providing you an interface * to verify the validity of entered credentials to be allowed to access to the * WIT database. * <p>There are several security pitfals currently connected with the log-in * process: * <ul> * <li>It is not SQL insertion protected</li> * <li>Password isn't any encrypted</li> * </ul> * </p> * * @author eTeR * @version %I% %G% */ public class Security { private static Security instance; /** * Gets the sole instance of the Security class which is maintained as the * static singleton. * * @return The singleton instance */ public static Security getInstance() { if (instance == null) { instance = new Security(); } return instance; } /** * Checks the given <code>Credentials</code> to be valid againts the given * <code>ConnectionInfo</code>. If yes, the actual user id is will be supplied * within the given <code>Credentials</code> instance. * * @param ci The <code>ConnectionInfo</code> againts the given credetials should be validated * @param credentials The actual <code>Credentials</code> to be validated. * * @throws SignInException When invalid credentials have been supplied. */ public void signIn(ConnectionInfo ci, Credentials credentials) throws SignInException { UserDal ud = new UserDal(ci, null); if (!ud.validateCredentials(credentials)) { throw new SignInException("Invalid login or password provided."); } } }