com.bea.p13n.controls.login
Interface UserLoginControl

All Superinterfaces:

com.bea.control.Control, weblogic.jws.control.Control, Serializable

public interface UserLoginControl

extends weblogic.jws.control.Control

This control:

• is used by the portal GUI components to send authentication information to the portal site
• allows a site visitor to log in to the portal
• gives some indication as to whether the login is successful by providing access to the user's profile information, and throwing an exception otherwise.

It does not register the user

See Also:

ProfileWrapper

Method Summary

ProfileWrapper	login(String username, String password, HttpServletRequest request) Log this user into the Portal application
void	logout(HttpServletRequest request) Log out current user

Method Detail

login

public ProfileWrapper login(String username,
                            String password,
                            HttpServletRequest request)
                     throws P13nControlException

Log this user into the Portal application

Parameters:

username - The user's login name

password - The user's password

Returns:

a ProfileWrapper representing the user's stored information

Throws:

P13nControlException - if user cannot be logged in, or if there is a remote error on the UserManager EJB authenticating or retrieving user profile.

logout

public void logout(HttpServletRequest request)

Log out current user