Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact tomcat-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 25638 invoked from network); 28 Aug 2000 14:29:59 -0000 Received: from msp-26-164-174.mn.rr.com (HELO localhost.localdomain) (24.26.164.174) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 28 Aug 2000 14:29:59 -0000 Received: from fatman (IDENT:nobody@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA02082 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:28:39 -0500 Message-ID: <134630580.967469319743.JavaMail.nobody@fatman> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:28:39 -0500 (CDT) From: BugRat Mail System Reply-To: BugRat Mail System To: tomcat-bugs@cortexity.com Subject: BugRat Report #44 has been filed. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="134655946.967469319684.JavaMail.nobody@fatman" X-Mailer: org.gjt.mail.EnhancedMimeMsg, Organization: The Giant Java Tree, X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N --134655946.967469319684.JavaMail.nobody@fatman Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bug report #44 has just been filed. You can view the report at the following URL: REPORT #44 Details. Project: Catalina Category: Feature Requests SubCategory: Enhancement Class: suggest State: received Priority: low Severity: non-critical Confidence: public Environment: Release: dunno JVM Release: all Operating System: all OS Release: all Platform: all Synopsis: Design of RealmBase class Description: I'm not so sure that RealmBase should declare: protected abstract String getPassword(String username); an abstract method. A few authentication systems will not return a password, but rather evaluate the password that the user supplies. Perhaps a better abstract method would be: protected abstract boolean validatePassword(String username, String password); --134655946.967469319684.JavaMail.nobody@fatman Content-Type: text/html; name=Report-44.html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=Report-44.html Content-Description: DataSource attachment 'Report-44.html' BugRat Report # 44

BugRat Report # 44

Project: Catalina Release: dunno
Category: Feature Requests SubCategory: Enhancement
Class: suggest State: received
Priority: low Severity: non-critical
Confidence: public

Submitter: James Cook ( jimcook@iname.com )
Date Submitted: Aug 28 2000, 08:28:39 CDT
Responsible: Z_Tomcat Alias ( tomcat-bugs@cortexity.com )

Synopsis:
Design of RealmBase class
Environment: (jvm, os, osrel, platform)
all, all, all, all

Additional Environment Description:

Report Description:
I'm not so sure that RealmBase should declare: protected abstract String getPassword(String username); an abstract method. A few authentication systems will not return a password, but rather evaluate the password that the user supplies. Perhaps a better abstract method would be: protected abstract boolean validatePassword(String username, String password);

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