com.paypal.selion.utils

Class AuthenticationHelper

java.lang.Object

com.paypal.selion.utils.AuthenticationHelper

public final class AuthenticationHelper
extends Object

A Helper class that helps do an authentication check for the given user name password. NOTE: This class DOES NOT validate the credentials against LDAP. The following are some of the assumptions that this helper makes.

• User name will always be admin and CANNOT be changed.
• Multiple user names are not supported.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	authenticate(String userName, String userPassword) Tries authenticating a given credentials and returns true if the credentials were valid.
static boolean	changePassword(String userName, String newPassword) Changes the password for the given user to the new password
static byte[]	hashData(String userName, String password)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

authenticate

public static boolean authenticate(String userName,
                                   String userPassword)

Tries authenticating a given credentials and returns true if the credentials were valid.

Parameters:

userName -

userPassword -

Returns:

- true if the credentials were valid.

changePassword

public static boolean changePassword(String userName,
                                     String newPassword)

Changes the password for the given user to the new password

Parameters:

userName -

newPassword -

Returns:

true if the password was successfully changed.

hashData

public static byte[] hashData(String userName,
                              String password)
                       throws NoSuchAlgorithmException

Throws:

NoSuchAlgorithmException