com.sage.orion.sdata.servlet
Interface Authenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticatorImpl

public interface Authenticator

Method Summary

void	dispose() signals that the Authenticator will not be used any further.
java.lang.String	getApplicationAuthenticationToken()
java.lang.String	getSystemAuthenticationToken() Gets the authentication token for the user.

Method Detail

getSystemAuthenticationToken

java.lang.String getSystemAuthenticationToken()

Gets the authentication token for the user. If the user is not authenticated returns null.

Returns:

the authentication token. Returns null if the user is not authenticated.

getApplicationAuthenticationToken

java.lang.String getApplicationAuthenticationToken()

dispose

void dispose()

signals that the Authenticator will not be used any further.

This should not throw exceptions.