Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Add authclass property to the XWikiPreferences class

On 02 Nov 2016, at 17:19, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote: Hi, My POV: * We should do what Alex suggests now so that we can have this ASAP. Note It would be nice to have in 8.4 since I’d like that some LDAP extension be able to change the authservice to use dynamically when it’s installed using the EM. * Future: we should refactor the authentication subsystem and use components and hints, and do as Sergiu suggested, i.e. use a chaining of authenticator component hints.

Implementation idea: * Modify XWiki.getEvents() and onEvent() to handle the modification of the “authclass” xproperty and to set “this.authService” in the XWiki class to the new instance. Thanks -Vincent > On 21 Oct 2016, at 08:57, Alexandru Cotiuga <alexandru.cotiuga(a)xwiki.com> wrote: > > Hi devs, > > I'm proposing to add this new property to the *XWikiPreferences* class > since there are many authenticators, listed on > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/Authentication and most > of them require the overriding of the *xwiki.authentication.authclass* > property in the *WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg* file and the restart of the wiki. So > the *authclass* is meant to keep the value of the > *xwiki.authentication.authclass > *property*.* > > Please keep in mind that *xwiki.cfg* was the historical file containing the > configuration options, we're moving away from it and this can be the moment > to improve this functionality by removing the *restart wiki* step which is > often a pain for the user. > > Thanks, > Alex