source: trunk/grails-app/services/dbnp/user/AuthService.groovy @ 831

/**
 * AuthService Service
 * 
 * Checks whether a user is logged in (see also nl.metabolomicscentre.dsp.aaa.AuthService)
 *
 * @author  keesvb
 * @since       20100823
 * @package     dbnp.user
 *
 * Revision information:
 * $Rev$
 * $Author$
 * $Date$
 */
package dbnp.user

// Shiro
import org.apache.shiro.SecurityUtils
import org.apache.shiro.authc.UsernamePasswordToken


class AuthService {

        static transactional = true

        def authUser(username = "", password = "") {
                println "authenticating ${username} with password ${password}"
                if (!username || !password){
                        return false // required information missing to authenticate
                }

                def currentUser = SecurityUtils.getSubject()
                def token = new UsernamePasswordToken(username, password);

                try {
                        currentUser.login( token );
                } catch ( Exception e ) {
                        return false //username wasn't in the system, show them an error message?
                }

                //return UserBase.get(currentUser.getPrincipal())
                return dbnp.user.User.get(currentUser.getPrincipal())
        }
}