votorola.a.diff.harvest.auth

Class WikiAuthenticator

java.lang.Object

WikiAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticator

@ThreadSafe
public class WikiAuthenticator
extends Object
implements Authenticator

Provide access to the semantic-mediawiki database for a single property on the user's page. This is a good default location for users to store their different network identities. IRC nickname is an example.

See Also:

WikiCache, HarvestCache

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
WikiAuthenticator(WikiCache wc, String property) Construct this verifier.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AuthDiffMessage	verify(DiffMessage dmsg) Verify a message against this property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

WikiAuthenticator

public WikiAuthenticator(WikiCache wc,
                 String property)

Construct this verifier.

Parameters:

wc - WikiCache to (re)use.

property - Property to query.

Method Detail

verify

public final AuthDiffMessage verify(DiffMessage dmsg)
                             throws IOException

Verify a message against this property.

Specified by:

verify in interface Authenticator

Parameters:

dmsg - DiffMessage to verify.

Returns:

the message with authorship information set. Otherwise returns null.

Throws:

IOException - if accessing the WikiCache fails.