org.pac4j.http.credentials.authenticator

Interface Authenticator<T extends Credentials>

All Known Subinterfaces:

TokenAuthenticator, UsernamePasswordAuthenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractUsernamePasswordAuthenticator, CasRestAuthenticator, DbAuthenticator, IpRegexpAuthenticator, JwtAuthenticator, LdapAuthenticator, LocalCachingAuthenticator, MongoAuthenticator, SimpleTestTokenAuthenticator, SimpleTestUsernamePasswordAuthenticator, SimpleTestUsernamePasswordAuthenticator, StormpathAuthenticator

public interface Authenticator<T extends Credentials>

An authenticator is responsible for validating Credentials and should throw a CredentialsException if the authentication fails.

Since:

1.7.0

Author:

Jerome Leleu

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	validate(T credentials) Validate the credentials.

Method Detail

validate

void validate(T credentials)

Validate the credentials. It should throw a CredentialsException in case of failure.

Parameters:

credentials - the given credentials.