Library: OSP
Package: Auth
Header: Poco/OSP/Auth/AuthService.h
Description
The AuthService (authentication/authorization service) is used to authenticate users using a user name/credentials combination, and to assign certain permissions to users.
The specific format of user credentials is defined by the actual implementation of this service. In the simplest form, the credentials are a simple password.
Permissions are simple strings identifying the permissions a specific user has. The AuthService itself does not care about the syntax and format of permissions.
Inheritance
Direct Base Classes: Poco::OSP::Service
All Base Classes: Poco::OSP::Service, Poco::RefCountedObject
Known Derived Classes: AuthAdminService, AuthAdminServiceImpl
Member Summary
Member Functions: authenticate, authorize, isA, type
Inherited Functions: duplicate, isA, referenceCount, release, type
Types
Ptr
typedef Poco::AutoPtr < AuthService > Ptr;
Constructors
AuthService
AuthService();
Creates the AuthService.
Destructor
~AuthService 
~AuthService();
Destroys the AuthService.
Member Functions
authenticate
virtual bool authenticate(
const std::string & userName,
const std::string & credentials
) const = 0;
Checks if the userName and credentials combination is valid.
Returns true if the user specified by userName is known and the specified credentials confirm the identity of the user. Returns false otherwise.
authorize
virtual bool authorize(
const std::string & userName,
const std::string & permission
) const = 0;
Checks if a user has a specific permission.
Returns true if the user specified by userName has the specified permission.
isA
bool isA(
const std::type_info & otherType
) const;
See also: Poco::OSP::Service::isA()
type
const std::type_info & type() const;
See also: Poco::OSP::Service::type()