org.salespointframework.core.useraccount

Interface AuthenticationManager

public interface AuthenticationManager

Application component for authentication related use cases.

Author:

Oliver Gierke

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
UserAccount	getCurrentUser() Returns the UserAccount of the currently logged in user or null if no-one is currently logged in.
boolean	matches(Password candidate, Password existing) Returns whether the given candidate Password matches the given existing one.

Method Detail

getCurrentUser

UserAccount getCurrentUser()

Returns the UserAccount of the currently logged in user or null if no-one is currently logged in.

Returns:

matches

boolean matches(Password candidate,
              Password existing)

Returns whether the given candidate Password matches the given existing one.

Parameters:

candidate - can be null.

existing - must not be null.

Returns: