org.assistments.service.security.legacy.authentication

Interface LegacyAuthenticationProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

LegacyBasicAuthenticationProvider, LegacyCookieAuthenticationProvider, LegacyRestAuthenticationProvider

public interface LegacyAuthenticationProvider

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

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

authenticateLegacy

AuthenticationData authenticateLegacy(AuthenticationData authentication)
                               throws AuthenticationException

Attempt to validate and populate the given Authentication for users in legacy database

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.