org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.external

Interface RemoteUserMapper

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultRemoteUserMapper

public interface RemoteUserMapper

An interface for objects capable of extracting an externally authenticated user ID from an HTTP request.

Author:

dward

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getRemoteUser(HttpServletRequest request) Gets an externally authenticated user ID from an HTTP request.

Method Detail

getRemoteUser

String getRemoteUser(HttpServletRequest request)

Gets an externally authenticated user ID from an HTTP request.

Parameters:

request - the request

Returns:

the user ID or null if the user is unauthenticated