org.jasig.cas.authentication

Interface AuthenticationManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

PolicyBasedAuthenticationManager

public interface AuthenticationManager

Authenticates one or more credentials.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Scott Battaglia, Marvin S. Addison

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	AUTHENTICATION_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE Authentication method attribute name.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Authentication	authenticate(Credential... credentials) Authenticates the provided credentials.

Field Detail

AUTHENTICATION_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

static final String AUTHENTICATION_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

Authentication method attribute name.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

authenticate

Authentication authenticate(Credential... credentials)
                            throws AuthenticationException

Authenticates the provided credentials. On success, an Authentication object is returned containing metadata about the result of each authenticated credential. Note that a particular implementation may require some or all credentials to be successfully authenticated. Failure to authenticate is considered an exceptional case, and an AuthenticationException is thrown.

Parameters:

credentials - One or more credentials to authenticate.

Returns:

Authentication object on success that contains metadata about credentials that were authenticated.

Throws:

AuthenticationException - On authentication failure. The exception contains details on each of the credentials that failed to authenticate.