oracle.odi.core.security
Class Authentication

java.lang.Object
  oracle.odi.core.security.Authentication

public abstract class Authentication
extends java.lang.Object

The class Authentication represents an authenticated user.

To create Authentication use one of the createAuthentication methods on SecurityManager class.

Since:

11.1.1.3.0

See Also:

SecurityManager.createAuthentication(String, char[]), SecurityManager.setCurrentThreadAuthentication(Authentication), SecurityManager.isAuthorized(Permission)

Method Summary

void	close() This method will close the resources associated to this Authentication.
java.lang.String	getUserName() Return the username for this authentication.
boolean	isSupervisor() This method returns true if the SUPERVISOR Permission is granted to the user associated with this Authentication, otherwise returns false.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

close

public void close()

This method will close the resources associated to this Authentication.

After calling close the Authentication object can not be reused.

getUserName

public java.lang.String getUserName()

Return the username for this authentication.

Returns:

a String representing the user name for this authentication.

isSupervisor

public boolean isSupervisor()

This method returns true if the SUPERVISOR Permission is granted to the user associated with this Authentication, otherwise returns false.

Returns:

true if current user is supervisor, false otherwise.