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1   /*
2    * This software was designed and created by Jason Carroll.
3    * Copyright (c) 2002, 2003, 2004 Jason Carroll.
4    * The author can be reached at jcarroll@cowsultants.com
5    * ITracker website: http://www.cowsultants.com
6    * ITracker forums: http://www.cowsultants.com/phpBB/index.php
7    *
8    * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9    * it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10   * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
11   * (at your option) any later version.
12   *
13   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
16   * GNU General Public License for more details.
17   */
18  
19  package org.itracker.services.util;
20  
21  
22  /**
23    * This interface defines some constants used by the pluggable authentication system.
24    */
25  public interface AuthenticationConstants {
26      /** The authentication information is of an unknown type, or not provided.  The authenticator
27          in this case will be the request object if available. */
28      public static final int AUTH_TYPE_UNKNOWN = -1;
29      /** The authentication information is a String object containing the plaintext password. */
30      public static final int AUTH_TYPE_PASSWORD_PLAIN = 1;
31      /** The authentication information is a String object containing the SHA1 hash of the
32          plaintext password. */
33      public static final int AUTH_TYPE_PASSWORD_ENC = 2;
34      /** The authentication information is an String object containing shared secret of
35          some type, or a unique key. */
36      public static final int AUTH_TYPE_SHARED_SECRET = 3;
37      /** The authentication information is a Certificate object containing the certificate
38          presented by the user. */
39      public static final int AUTH_TYPE_CERTIFICATE = 4;
40      /** The authentication information is a HttpServletRequest object containing the required
41          authentication information in request or session attributes/parameters. */
42      public static final int AUTH_TYPE_REQUEST = 5;
43  
44      /** The type of update being performed only includes core profile information, and possibly the password */
45      public static final int UPDATE_TYPE_CORE = 1;
46      /** The type of update being performed only includes permission information.  All permissions are being updated. */
47      public static final int UPDATE_TYPE_PERMISSION_SET = 2;
48      /** The type of update being performed only includes permission information.  Only additional permissions are being added. */
49      public static final int UPDATE_TYPE_PERMISSION_ADD = 3;
50      /** The type of update being performed only includes user preferences */
51      public static final int UPDATE_TYPE_PREFERENCE = 4;
52  
53  
54  
55      /** The authentication request is being made from an unknown location */
56      public static final int REQ_SOURCE_UNKNOWN = -1;
57      /** The authentication request is being made from the supplied web application */
58      public static final int REQ_SOURCE_WEB = 1;
59      /** The authentication request is being made from an API call */
60      public static final int REQ_SOURCE_API = 2;
61  }