Class: User (in Authentication)

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Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--Authentication::User

Package:

stx:goodies/authentication

Category:

Net-Authentication

Version:

rev: 1.4 date: 2009/09/29 19:31:59

user: cg

file: Authentication__User.st directory: goodies/authentication

module: stx stc-classLibrary: authentication

Author:

Stefan Vogel (stefan@zwerg)

Description:

This is a user that can be authenticated.


[instance variables:]
    name                        String      the name of the user
    realm                       String      the administartive realm of the user
    authenticationMechanisms    Collection  the different authentication mechanisms used to authenticate the user.
                                            They contain the password/secret.

[class variables:]

Related information:

    Authentication::AuthenticationData

Class protocol:

 realm: realmString name: nameString secret: secretString

create a user and add the data for all implemented mechanism

Instance protocol:

 authenticationMechanisms

 authenticationMechanisms: something

 mechanismFor: aMechanismName

answer the authentication mechanism representing aMechanismClassname,
or nil

 name

 name: something

 realm

 realm: something

 secret: aSecretString

create authentication data for all known mechanisms

 = aUser

 hash