weblogic.security.providers.authentication
Interface CustomDBMSAuthenticatorPlugin

public interface CustomDBMSAuthenticatorPlugin

initialize

void initialize(weblogic.management.security.ProviderMBean mBean)

Executed on initialization of the CustomDBMSAuthenticatorPlugin.

Parameters:

mBean - providerMBean for provider using the plugin

shutdown

void shutdown()

Executed on shutdown of the authentication provider, or if the plugin is replaced dynamically at runtime with another implementation class.

lookupPassword

String lookupPassword(Connection connection,
                      String user)
                      throws SQLException

Called during authentication process to retrieve password for user.

Parameters:

connection - JDBC connection

user - String representing the username

Returns:

String representing the password in one of the supported formats

Throws:

SQLException - if a database access error occurs

userExists

boolean userExists(Connection connection,
                   String user)
                   throws SQLException

Called during Identity Assertion to verify existence of user.

Parameters:

connection - JDBC connection

user - String representing the username

Returns:

boolean indicating whether the user exists or not. True if user exists, false if not

Throws:

SQLException - if a database access error occurs

lookupUserGroups

String[] lookupUserGroups(Connection connection,
                          String user)
                          throws SQLException

Called during authentication and identity assertion to determine the users group membership.

Parameters:

connection - connection to the database

user - String representing the username

Returns:

an array of group strings, or null for no groups

Throws:

SQLException - if a database access error occurs