edu.utexas.beg.agi.servlet
Class LoginHandler
java.lang.Object
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+--edu.utexas.beg.agi.servlet.LoginHandler
- public class LoginHandler
- extends Object
A helper Object for the AGIServlet, for handling user logins.
This class has two main functions, to determine if an HTTP request is
a login attempt, and to actually perform a login if it is.
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Method Summary |
void |
handleLogin(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
Processes a login request. |
boolean |
isLoginRequest(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
Determines if an HTTP request is a request for login. |
| Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
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clone,
equals,
finalize,
getClass,
hashCode,
notify,
notifyAll,
registerNatives,
toString,
wait,
wait,
wait |
LoginHandler
public LoginHandler()
isLoginRequest
public boolean isLoginRequest(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
- Determines if an HTTP request is a request for login.
This method is called for every request that comes to the AGIServlet.
If it is deemed a "login request", then handleLogin() will be called,
otherwise it as processed normally by the AGIServlet.
- Parameters:
request - the HTTP GET or POST request received from the client browser.- Returns:
true if this is a login request, false if
not.
handleLogin
public void handleLogin(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
- Processes a login request.
If the login is validated and successful, then this method should create
and initialize a Session Object for this user. (The Session Object will
be attached to the Request Object.)
- Parameters:
request - the HTTP GET or POST request for login.- Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - if the user could not be logged in.