WebLogic Server 8.1 API Reference

weblogic.xml.security
Class UserInfo

java.lang.Object
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public class UserInfo

extends java.lang.Object

UserInfo is used to return user information from Security elements in of Secure SOAP elements. These typically include a username and some authenticating information, either a plain text password or a password digest. In the case of password digests, the UserInfo object will also allow you to verify the digest.

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Constructor Summary

UserInfo(java.lang.String username)
Creates a UserInfo with the username provide.d

UserInfo(java.lang.String username, byte[] digest, java.lang.String nonce, java.lang.String created)
Creates a UserInfo with the username, password digest, and digest components.

UserInfo(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password)
Creates a UserInfo with the username and password provided.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getPassword() Returns the password string, if available.
byte[]	getPasswordDigest() returns the password digest, if availalble.
java.lang.String	getUsername()
boolean	verifyPassword(java.lang.String password) Verifies this UserInfo's password matches the provided password.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UserInfo

public UserInfo(java.lang.String username)

Creates a UserInfo with the username provide.d

Parameters:

username -

UserInfo

public UserInfo(java.lang.String username,
                java.lang.String password)

Creates a UserInfo with the username and password provided.

Parameters:

username -

password -

UserInfo

public UserInfo(java.lang.String username,
                byte[] digest,
                java.lang.String nonce,
                java.lang.String created)

Creates a UserInfo with the username, password digest, and digest components.

Parameters:

username - the username

digest - the unencoded bytes of the digest.

nonce - a String containing random data, included in the hash computation

created - -- A XSD:DateTime time string.

Method Detail

getUsername

public java.lang.String getUsername()

getPassword

public java.lang.String getPassword()

Returns the password string, if available.

Returns:

the password as a String

getPasswordDigest

public byte[] getPasswordDigest()

returns the password digest, if availalble.

Returns:

verifyPassword

public boolean verifyPassword(java.lang.String password)
                       throws java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException

Verifies this UserInfo's password matches the provided password. If only a password digest is available, it will compute the digests from the provided Password and verify the match.

Parameters:

password -

Returns:

Throws:

java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException -