silverstripe-framework/src/Security/LoginForm.php

<?php

namespace SilverStripe\Security;

use SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector;
use SilverStripe\Forms\Form;

/**
 * Abstract base class for a login form
 *
 * This class is used as a base class for the different log-in forms like
 * {@link MemberLoginForm} or {@link OpenIDLoginForm}.
 *
 * @author Markus Lanthaler <markus@silverstripe.com>
 */
abstract class LoginForm extends Form {

	/**
	 * Authenticator class to use with this login form
	 *
	 * Set this variable to the authenticator class to use with this login
	 * form.
	 * @var string
	 */

	protected $authenticator_class;

	/**
	 * Get the authenticator instance
	 *
	 * @return Authenticator Returns the authenticator instance for this login form.
	 */
	public function getAuthenticator() {
		if(!class_exists($this->authenticator_class) || !is_subclass_of($this->authenticator_class, 'SilverStripe\\Security\\Authenticator')) {
			user_error("The form uses an invalid authenticator class! '{$this->authenticator_class}'"
				. " is not a subclass of 'Authenticator'", E_USER_ERROR);
			return null;
		}
		return Injector::inst()->get($this->authenticator_class);
	}

	/**
	 * Get the authenticator name.
	 * @return string The friendly name for use in templates, etc.
	 */
	public function getAuthenticatorName() {
		$authClass = $this->authenticator_class;
		return $authClass::get_name();
	}

}