01: /**********************************************************************************
02: * $URL: https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/sections/tags/sakai_2-4-1/sections-api/src/java/org/sakaiproject/section/api/facade/manager/Authn.java $
03: * $Id: Authn.java 18134 2006-11-14 18:59:25Z jholtzman@berkeley.edu $
04: ***********************************************************************************
05: *
06: * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 The Regents of the University of California and The Regents of the University of Michigan
07: *
08: * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 1.0 (the "License");
09: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
10: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
11: *
12: * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl1.php
13: *
14: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
15: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
16: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
17: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
18: * limitations under the License.
19: *
20: **********************************************************************************/package org.sakaiproject.section.api.facade.manager;
21:
22: /**
23: * The service interface for the authentication mechanism.
24: *
25: * @author <a href="jholtzman@berkeley.edu">Josh Holtzman</a>
26: */
27: public interface Authn {
28: /**
29: * Gets the current user's uuid.
30: *
31: * @param request The object containing the context information. This will
32: * usually be something like a HttpServletRequest. In Sakai, the object
33: * can be null.
34: *
35: * @return
36: */
37: public String getUserUid(Object request);
38: }
|