Description: The following pair of programs, AuthExampleClient1.java and AuthExampleClient2.java, shows how to turn on, use, and turn off user authentication using Derby's built-in user authentication and user authorization.

# User authentication and authorization client example

The following pair of programs, `AuthExampleClient1.java` and `AuthExampleClient2.java`, shows how to turn on, use, and turn off user authentication using Derby's built-in user authentication and user authorization.

See User authorizations for information on using SQL authorization, which allows you to use ANSI SQL Standard GRANT and REVOKE statements.

The first program, `AuthExampleClient1.java`, does the following:

1. Creates a database named `jdbcDemoDB`, using the client driver.
2. Sets database properties that create users with different levels of access (read-only and full access), require authentication, and set the default access level to no access.
3. Closes the connection.

The second program, `AuthExampleClient2.java`, does the following:

1. Tries to connect to the database without a username and password, raising an exception.
2. Connects to the database as a user with read-only access; the connection succeeds, but an attempt to create a table raises an exception.
3. Connects to the database as a user with full access; this user can create and populate a table.
4. Removes the table, then turns off authentication and removes the users.
5. Closes the connection.

Make sure that the `javac` command is in your path, then compile the programs as follows:

`javac AuthExampleClient1.java`

`javac AuthExampleClient2.java`

Before you run the programs, make sure that `%DERBY_HOME%\lib\derbyclient.jar` (or `$DERBY_HOME/lib/derbyclient.jar`) is in your classpath. Then start the Derby Network Server as described in "Activity 4: Create and run a JDBC program using the client driver and Network Server" in Getting Started with Java DB. Run the programs as follows:

`java AuthExampleClient1`

`java AuthExampleClient2`

#### Source code for `AuthExampleClient1.java`

    import java.sql.*;

    public class AuthExampleClient1 {

        public static void main(String[] args) {

            String driver = "org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver";
            String dbName="jdbcDemoDB";
            String connectionURL = "jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/" + dbName +
                ";create=true";
            Connection conn = null;

            // Load the driver
            try {
                Class.forName(driver);
                System.out.println(driver + " loaded.");
            } catch (java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e) {
                System.err.print("ClassNotFoundException: ");
                System.err.println(e.getMessage());
                System.out.println("\n Make sure your CLASSPATH variable " +
                    "contains %DERBY_HOME%\\lib\\derby.jar (${DERBY_HOME}/lib/derby.jar). \n");
            }

            // Start the database and set up users, then close connection
            try {
                System.out.println("Trying to connect to " + connectionURL);
                conn = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL);
                System.out.println("Connected to database " + connectionURL);

                turnOnBuiltInUsers(conn);

                // shut down the database
                conn.close();
                System.out.println("Closed connection");

            } catch (Throwable e) {
                errorPrint(e);
                System.exit(1);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Turn on built-in user authentication and user authorization.
         *
         * @param conn a connection to the database.
         */
        public static void turnOnBuiltInUsers(Connection conn) throws SQLException {
            System.out.println("Turning on authentication.");
            Statement s = conn.createStatement();

            // Setting and Confirming requireAuthentication
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.connection.requireAuthentication', 'true')");
            ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery(
                "VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.connection.requireAuthentication')");
            rs.next();
            System.out.println("Value of requireAuthentication is " +
                rs.getString(1));
            // Setting authentication scheme to Derby
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.authentication.provider', 'BUILTIN')");

            // Creating some sample users
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.user.sa', 'ajaxj3x9')");
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.user.guest', 'java5w6x')");
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.user.mary', 'little7xylamb')");

            // Setting default connection mode to no access
            // (user authorization)
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.database.defaultConnectionMode', 'noAccess')");
            // Confirming default connection mode
            rs = s.executeQuery (
                "VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.database.defaultConnectionMode')");
            rs.next();
            System.out.println("Value of defaultConnectionMode is " +
                rs.getString(1));

            // Defining read-write users
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.database.fullAccessUsers', 'sa,mary')");

            // Defining read-only users
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.database.readOnlyAccessUsers', 'guest')");

            // Confirming full-access users
            rs = s.executeQuery(
                "VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.database.fullAccessUsers')");
            rs.next();
            System.out.println("Value of fullAccessUsers is " + rs.getString(1));

            // Confirming read-only users
            rs = s.executeQuery(
                "VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.database.readOnlyAccessUsers')");
            rs.next();
            System.out.println("Value of readOnlyAccessUsers is " +
                rs.getString(1));

            // We would set the following property to TRUE only
            // when we were ready to deploy.
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.database.propertiesOnly', 'false')");
            s.close();
        }

        /** Exception reporting methods
         *   with special handling of SQLExceptions
         */
        static void errorPrint(Throwable e) {
            if (e instanceof SQLException)
                SQLExceptionPrint((SQLException)e);
            else {
                System.out.println("A non-SQL error occurred.");
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }  // END errorPrint

        //  Iterates through a stack of SQLExceptions
        static void SQLExceptionPrint(SQLException sqle) {
            while (sqle != null) {
                System.out.println("\n---SQLException Caught---\n");
                System.out.println("SQLState:   " + (sqle).getSQLState());
                System.out.println("Severity: " + (sqle).getErrorCode());
                System.out.println("Message:  " + (sqle).getMessage());
                sqle.printStackTrace();
                sqle = sqle.getNextException();
            }
        }  //  END SQLExceptionPrint
    }

#### Source code for `AuthExampleClient2.java`

    import java.sql.*;

    public class AuthExampleClient2 {

        public static void main(String[] args) {

            String driver = "org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver";
            String dbName="jdbcDemoDB";
            String connectionURL = "jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/" + dbName;
            Connection conn = null;

            // Restart database and confirm that unauthorized users cannot
            //  access it

            // Load the driver
            try {
                Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
                System.out.println(driver + " loaded.");
            } catch (java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e) {
                System.err.print("ClassNotFoundException: ");
                System.err.println(e.getMessage());
                System.out.println("\n Make sure your CLASSPATH variable " +
                    "contains %DERBY_HOME%\\lib\\derby.jar (${DERBY_HOME}/lib/derby.jar). \n");
            } catch (Exception ee) {
                errorPrint(ee);
            }

            // Try to log in with no username or password
            try {
                // this should fail
                System.out.println("Trying to connect to " + connectionURL +
                    " without username or password");
                conn = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL);
                System.out.println("Connected to database " + dbName);

                // if it doesn't, close statement and connection
                conn.close();
                System.out.println("Closed connection");
            } catch (Throwable e) {
                errorPrint(e);
            }

            // Log in as a user with read-only access
            try {
                // connection should succeed, but create table should fail
                String newURL = connectionURL + ";user=guest;password=java5w6x";
                System.out.println("Trying to connect to " + newURL);
                conn = DriverManager.getConnection(newURL);
                System.out.println("Connected to database " + dbName +
                    " with read-only access");

                Statement s = conn.createStatement();
                s.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE t1(C1 VARCHAR(6))");

                // if it doesn't, close statement and connection
                s.close();
                conn.close();
                System.out.println("Closed connection");
            } catch (Throwable e) {
                errorPrint(e);
            }

            // Log in as a user with full access
            // Create, update, and query table
            try {
                // this should succeed
                String newURL = connectionURL + ";user=mary;password=little7xylamb";
                System.out.println("Trying to connect to " + newURL);
                conn = DriverManager.getConnection(newURL);
                System.out.println("Connected to database " + dbName);

                Statement s = conn.createStatement();
                s.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE T1(C1 VARCHAR(6))");
                System.out.println("Created table T1");
                s.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO T1 VALUES('hello')");

                ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM T1");
                rs.next();
                System.out.println("Value of T1/C1 is " + rs.getString(1));

                s.close();
            } catch (Throwable e) {
                errorPrint(e);
            }

            // Remove table, then remove users previously created
            // If you don't remove the table, you will never be able to find it,
            //  because it was created by a user who no longer exists and with a
            //  default connection mode of noAccess
            try {
                Statement s = conn.createStatement();
                s.executeUpdate("DROP TABLE T1");
                System.out.println("Removed table T1");
                s.close();

                turnOffBuiltInUsers(conn);

                conn.close();
                System.out.println("Closed connection");
            } catch (Throwable e) {
                errorPrint(e);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Turn off built-in user authentication and user authorization.
         *
         * @param conn a connection to the database.
         */
        public static void turnOffBuiltInUsers (Connection conn) throws SQLException {
            Statement s = conn.createStatement();
            System.out.println("Turning off authentication.");

            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.connection.requireAuthentication', 'false')");
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.authentication.provider', null)");
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.user.sa', null)");
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.user.guest', null)");
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.user.mary', null)");
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.database.defaultConnectionMode', 'fullAccess')");
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.database.fullAccessUsers', null)");
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.database.readOnlyAccessUsers', null)");
            s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.database.propertiesOnly', 'false')");

            // Confirming requireAuthentication
            ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery(
                "VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.connection.requireAuthentication')");
            rs.next();
            System.out.println("Value of requireAuthentication is " +
                rs.getString(1));

            // Confirming default connection mode
            rs = s.executeQuery(
                "VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
                "'derby.database.defaultConnectionMode')");
            rs.next();
            System.out.println("Value of defaultConnectionMode is " +
                rs.getString(1));
            System.out.println("Turned off all the user-related properties");
            s.close();
        }

        /** Exception reporting methods
         *   with special handling of SQLExceptions
         */
        static void errorPrint(Throwable e) {
            if (e instanceof SQLException)
                SQLExceptionPrint((SQLException)e);
            else {
                System.out.println("A non-SQL error occurred.");
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }  // END errorPrint

        //  Iterates through a stack of SQLExceptions
        static void SQLExceptionPrint(SQLException sqle) {
            while (sqle != null) {
                System.out.println("\n---SQLException Caught---\n");
                System.out.println("SQLState:   " + (sqle).getSQLState());
                System.out.println("Severity: " + (sqle).getErrorCode());
                System.out.println("Message:  " + (sqle).getMessage());
                sqle.printStackTrace();
                sqle = sqle.getNextException();
            }
        }  //  END SQLExceptionPrint
    }

Parent topic: User authentication example in a client/server environment