org.assistments.service.security.authentication.core

Interface AuthenticationProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicAuthenticationProvider, CookieAuthenticationProvider, CookieRestAuthenticationProvider, RestAuthenticationProvider

public interface AuthenticationProvider

An AuthenticationProvider is a mechanism for validating and populating an Authentication.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AuthenticationData	authenticate(AuthenticationData authentication) Attempt to validate and populate the given Authentication
boolean	supports(java.lang.Class<? extends AuthenticationData> authenticationClass) Indicate whether the given Authentication class is supported by this AuthenticationProvider.

Method Detail

authenticate

AuthenticationData authenticate(AuthenticationData authentication)
                         throws AuthenticationException

Attempt to validate and populate the given Authentication

Parameters:

authentication - a request for authentication

Returns:

the fully populated Authentication, or null if the request was not supported.

Throws:

AuthenticationException - in case of error

supports

boolean supports(java.lang.Class<? extends AuthenticationData> authenticationClass)

Indicate whether the given Authentication class is supported by this AuthenticationProvider.

Parameters:

authenticationClass - the class of Authentication proposed.

Returns:

true if this AuthenticationProvider supports the given Authentication class.