Package blackboard.platform.security.authentication

Provides the public implementation classes for creating custom authentication modules for Learning System.

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Description

Interface Summary

HttpAuthModule

This interface is provided for custom authentication schemes.

Class Summary

BaseAuthenticationModule	Implementation class for the default authentication provider for Blackboard Learning System, also known as RDBMS Authentication.
HttpAuthConfig	This class is responsible for storing in-memory the authentication properties for the Blackboard application.
LDAPAuthModule	Implementation class for the LDAP authentication provider for Blackboard Learning system.
RDBMSAuthUtil	Utility class used by classes in the authentication package.
SessionStub	This is a helper class intended to do a subset of the work done by com.blackboard.security.CISession.

Exception Summary

BbAuthenticationFailedException	Exception used to indicate that an attempt to authenticate failed.
BbCredentialsNotFoundException	This exception is thrown to indicate that an authentication request does not contain credentials to perform an authentication
BbSecurityException	Exception class to semantically differentiate exceptions that happen during the execution of authentication methods.

Package blackboard.platform.security.authentication Description

Provides the public implementation classes for creating custom authentication modules for Learning System. Consult the "Blackboard Learning System Advanced Integration and Data Management Manual" for more information on how to create custom modules.