WebLogic Server 8.1 API Reference

weblogic.security.providers.authentication
Interface DefaultAuthenticatorMBean

public interface DefaultAuthenticatorMBean

extends weblogic.management.commo.StandardInterface, AuthenticatorMBean, UserEditorMBean, GroupEditorMBean, GroupMemberListerMBean, MemberGroupListerMBean, ImportMBean, ExportMBean

The MBean that represents configuration attributes for the Weblogic Authentication provider. The WebLogic Authentication provider has methods to edit, list, and manage users, groups, and group membership. User and group information is stored in an embedded LDAP server. Currently, the only configuration attribute that can be set is Minimum Password Length.

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Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDescription() A short description of the WebLogic Authentication provider.
int	getMinimumPasswordLength() The minimum number of characters required in a password.
java.lang.String	getProviderClassName() The name of the Java class used to load the WebLogic Authentication provider.
java.lang.String[]	getSupportedExportConstraints() The users and groups that you want to be exported from this Authentication provider's database.
java.lang.String[]	getSupportedExportFormats() The format of the file to export.
java.lang.String[]	getSupportedImportConstraints() The users and groups that you want to be imported into this Authentication provider's database.
java.lang.String[]	getSupportedImportFormats() The format of the file to import.
java.lang.String	getVersion() The version number of the WebLogic Authentication provider.
void	setMinimumPasswordLength(int newValue) The minimum number of characters required in a password.

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.AuthenticatorMBean

getControlFlag, setControlFlag

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.UserEditorMBean

createUser, setUserDescription

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.GroupEditorMBean

addMemberToGroup, createGroup, removeMemberFromGroup, setGroupDescription

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.GroupMemberListerMBean

listGroupMembers

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.MemberGroupListerMBean

listMemberGroups

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.ImportMBean

importData

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.ExportMBean

exportData

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.ProviderMBean

getRealm, setRealm

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.UserReaderMBean

getUserDescription, listUsers, userExists

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.UserPasswordEditorMBean

changeUserPassword, resetUserPassword

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.UserRemoverMBean

removeUser

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authentication.GroupRemoverMBean

removeGroup

Method Detail

getProviderClassName

public java.lang.String getProviderClassName()

The name of the Java class used to load the WebLogic Authentication provider.

Default Value: "weblogic.security.providers.authentication.DefaultAuthenticationProviderImpl"

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

A short description of the WebLogic Authentication provider.

Default Value: "WebLogic Authentication Provider"

getVersion

public java.lang.String getVersion()

The version number of the WebLogic Authentication provider.

Default Value: "1.0"

getMinimumPasswordLength

public int getMinimumPasswordLength()

The minimum number of characters required in a password.

Default Value: new Integer(8)

Legal Minimum Value: 0

setMinimumPasswordLength

public void setMinimumPasswordLength(int newValue)
                              throws javax.management.InvalidAttributeValueException

The minimum number of characters required in a password.

Default Value: new Integer(8)

Legal Minimum Value: 0

Parameters:

newValue - - new value for attribute MinimumPasswordLength

Throws:

javax.management.InvalidAttributeValueException -

getSupportedImportFormats

public java.lang.String[] getSupportedImportFormats()

The format of the file to import. The list of supported import formats is determined by the AUthentication provider from which the users and groups were originally exported.

Specified by:

getSupportedImportFormats in interface ImportMBean

Default Value: new String[] { "DefaultAtn" }

getSupportedImportConstraints

public java.lang.String[] getSupportedImportConstraints()

The users and groups that you want to be imported into this Authentication provider's database. If none are specified, all are imported.

Specified by:

getSupportedImportConstraints in interface ImportMBean

Default Value: new String[0]

getSupportedExportFormats

public java.lang.String[] getSupportedExportFormats()

The format of the file to export. The list of supported export formats is determined by this Authentication provider.

Specified by:

getSupportedExportFormats in interface ExportMBean

Default Value: new String[] { "DefaultAtn" }

getSupportedExportConstraints

public java.lang.String[] getSupportedExportConstraints()

The users and groups that you want to be exported from this Authentication provider's database. If none are specified, all are exported.

Specified by:

getSupportedExportConstraints in interface ExportMBean

Default Value: new String[] { "users", "groups" }