userManager
Interface AuthenticateInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

Authenticate

public interface AuthenticateInterface

Method Summary

boolean	authenticate(String username, String password) This method will verify that a given username and password matches a registered user in the system.
void	logout(String username) This method will logout the user from the system by removing it from active users table and marks user status field as 0 for inactive.

Method Detail

authenticate

boolean authenticate(String username,
                     String password)

This method will verify that a given username and password matches a registered user in the system. If a match is found it returns true, else, it returns false. If it returns true, the method will construct a User object and adds it to ActiveInterface table.

Parameters:

String - userName username value to be authenticated.

String - password password value to be authenticated.

Returns:

Boolean Authentication result.

logout

void logout(String username)

This method will logout the user from the system by removing it from active users table and marks user status field as 0 for inactive.