The ProgrammaticLogin Class

The com.sun.appserv.security.ProgrammaticLogin class enables a user to perform login programmatically.

The login method for servlets or JSPs has the following signature:

public Boolean login(String user, String password, 
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
 javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

This method:

• Performs the authentication

• Returns true if login succeeded, false if login failed