001: /**
002: * Copyright (C) 2001 Yasna.com. All rights reserved.
003: *
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006: *
007: * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
008: * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
009: * are met:
010: *
011: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
012: * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
013: *
014: * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
015: * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
016: * the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
017: * distribution.
018: *
019: * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution,
020: * if any, must include the following acknowledgment:
021: * "This product includes software developed by
022: * Yasna.com (http://www.yasna.com)."
023: * Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself,
024: * if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear.
025: *
026: * 4. The names "Yazd" and "Yasna.com" must not be used to
027: * endorse or promote products derived from this software without
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031: * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "Yazd",
032: * nor may "Yazd" appear in their name, without prior written
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053:
054: /**
055: * Copyright (C) 2000 CoolServlets.com. All rights reserved.
056: *
057: * ===================================================================
058: * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
059: *
060: * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
061: * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
062: * are met:
063: *
064: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
065: * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
066: *
067: * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
068: * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
069: * the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
070: * distribution.
071: *
072: * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution,
073: * if any, must include the following acknowledgment:
074: * "This product includes software developed by
075: * CoolServlets.com (http://www.coolservlets.com)."
076: * Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself,
077: * if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear.
078: *
079: * 4. The names "Jive" and "CoolServlets.com" must not be used to
080: * endorse or promote products derived from this software without
081: * prior written permission. For written permission, please
082: * contact webmaster@coolservlets.com.
083: *
084: * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "Jive",
085: * nor may "Jive" appear in their name, without prior written
086: * permission of CoolServlets.com.
087: *
088: * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
089: * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
090: * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
091: * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL COOLSERVLETS.COM OR
092: * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
093: * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
094: * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
095: * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
096: * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
097: * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
098: * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
099: * SUCH DAMAGE.
100: * ====================================================================
101: *
102: * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
103: * individuals on behalf of CoolServlets.com. For more information
104: * on CoolServlets.com, please see <http://www.coolservlets.com>.
105: */package com.Yasna.forum;
106:
107: /**
108: * Proves that a user has successfully logged in. The existence of an
109: * Authorization object indicates that a person has logged in correctly
110: * and has authentication to act as the user associated with the
111: * authentication. An instance of this object can be obtained from an
112: * AuthorizationFactory and must be passed in to to get an intstance of
113: * ForumFactory.
114: * <p>
115: * In the case of using the core forum services through a web interface, the
116: * expected behavior is to have a user login and then store the Authorization
117: * object in their session.
118: * <p>
119: * (Note by Matt) It's my opinion that this authorization method needs better
120: * security. At the moment, this method is certainly ok if forum skins
121: * can be trusted. However, the security goal has always been to protect as
122: * much as possible against malicious skins. Therefore, the implementation of
123: * this class will be changed in the near future to use signed objects. Some
124: * thought will have to be given to a public/private key management system, so
125: * I'm going to delay implementing it for now. This means -- be sure you can
126: * trust your skins!!
127: *
128: * @see AuthorizationFactory
129: * @see ForumFactory
130: */
131: public interface Authorization {
132:
133: /**
134: * Returns the userID associated with this Authorization.
135: */
136: public int getUserID();
137:
138: }
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