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which details help i've received from Geert on the authentication
module
emmanuel
On 11/15/05, Emmanuel Okyere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What would you call a customized mechanism here?
> The authentication module works beautifully, and allows you to just
> snap it in/out of your app as you please. I will be glad to lead you
> through the authentication module, as you are probably facing the very
> same problems I had when I tried to use it.
>
> Can you say specifically how you want to achieve authentication.
>
> Emmanuel
>
> ps: I am working on a tutorial for it, but it probably won't be ready
> till about the weekend.
>
> On 11/15/05, Eddy Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I apologise if this question has been posted before, but I cannot find
> > any documentation about "globalvar" on the website or wiki.
> >
> > >From what I've gathered here and there, it seems that "globalvar"
> > declares what would be the equivalent of a session variable. So, I'm
> > thinking of using it as follows for authentication.
> >
> > Say, I have a "member" page that requires authentication and have
> > declared "account" as a globalvar.
> >
> > public class MemberElement extends Element {
> >
> > public void processElement() {
> > Template t = getHtmlTemplate("member");
> > if (getInput("account") == null) {
> > call("login");
> > }
> > print(t);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > public class LoginElement extends Element {
> >
> > public void processElement() {
> > Template t = getHtmlTemplate("login");
> > if (hasSubmission("loginSubmission")) {
> > // perform authentication logic
> > if (authenticated) {
> > setOutput("account", authenticatedAccount);
> > answer();
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > Is this a good way of handling authentication? Or should I be using
> > inheritance? If the latter, how do I proceed? I have some difficulty
> > understanding the examples for authentication as those seem memory- or
> > database-centric and not applicable for a customised authentication
> > mechanism.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Eddy
> >
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