org.jasig.cas.authentication

Interface ContextualAuthenticationPolicyFactory<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AcceptAnyAuthenticationPolicyFactory, RequiredHandlerAuthenticationPolicyFactory

public interface ContextualAuthenticationPolicyFactory<T>

A factory for producing (stateful) authentication policies based on arbitrary context data. This component provides a way to inject stateless factories into components that produce stateful authentication policies that can leverage arbitrary contextual information to evaluate security policy.

Version:

4.0

Author:

Marvin S. Addison

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ContextualAuthenticationPolicy<T>	createPolicy(T context) Creates a contextual (presumably stateful) authentication policy based on provided context data.

Method Detail

createPolicy

ContextualAuthenticationPolicy<T> createPolicy(T context)

Creates a contextual (presumably stateful) authentication policy based on provided context data.

Parameters:

context - Context data used to create an authentication policy.

Returns:

Contextual authentication policy object. The returned object should be assumed to be stateful and not thread safe unless explicitly noted otherwise.