The SecurityManager is responsible for validating credentials
associated with principals.
Version:
$Revision: 1.1.2.1 $
Author:
Scott.Stark@jboss.org
Method Summary
boolean
isValid(java.security.Principal principal,
java.lang.Object credential)
The isValid method is invoked to see if a user identity and associated
credentials as known in the operational environment are valid proof of the
user identity.
Method Detail
isValid
public boolean isValid(java.security.Principal principal,
java.lang.Object credential)
The isValid method is invoked to see if a user identity and associated
credentials as known in the operational environment are valid proof of the
user identity.
Parameters:
principal, - the user identity in the operation environment
credential, - the proof of user identity as known in the
operation environment
Returns:
true if the principal, credential pair is valid, false otherwise.
