basicauthenticator.h

Pegasus is an open-source implementationof the DMTF CIM and WBEM standards. It is designed to be por

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#ifndef Pegasus_BasicAuthenticator_h
#define Pegasus_BasicAuthenticator_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/String.h>

#include <Pegasus/Security/Authentication/Linkage.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/** This is an abstract class that the Basic authenticators will extend
    and provide the implementation. An implementation can be seen in
    SecureBasicAuthenticator.cpp
*/
class PEGASUS_SECURITY_LINKAGE BasicAuthenticator
{
public:

    /** constructor. */ 
    BasicAuthenticator() { };

    /** destructor. */ 
    virtual ~BasicAuthenticator() { };

    /** Verify the authentication of the requesting user.
        @param userName String containing the user name
        @param password String containing the user password
        @return true on successful authentication, false otherwise
    */
    virtual Boolean authenticate(
        const String& userName, 
        const String& password) = 0;

    /** Construct and return the HTTP Basic authentication challenge header
        @return A string containing the authentication challenge header.
    */
    virtual String getAuthResponseHeader() = 0;

    /**
        Verify whether the user is valid.
        @param userName String containing the user name
        @return true on successful validation, false otherwise
    */
    virtual Boolean validateUser(const String& userName) = 0;
};


PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_BasicAuthenticator_h */