@ManagedBean
@SessionScoped
public class loginBean() {
    private String username = null;
    private String password = null;
    private UUID uuid = null;
    private boolean rememberMe = false;

    public void doLogin() {
        checkCookies();   // this method sets the property values after checking if
                          // username & uuid match the ones saved previously
        if (username != null && uuid != null && rememberMe) {
            // authenticate automatically. Here I don't know how to proceed, because
            // I don't have the password, unless I have saved it in the application's db,
            // duplicating it because it's already in LDAP server.
        } else {
            httpServletRequest.login(username, password);  // this uses LDAP behind JAAS
            createCookies();  // this method also saves username & uuid in the app's db
        }
    }