Package io.micronaut.security.authentication

Interface AuthenticationProvider<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Request

All Known Implementing Classes:

LdapAuthenticationProvider, MockAuthenticationProvider, OauthPasswordAuthenticationProvider, OpenIdPasswordAuthenticationProvider

public interface AuthenticationProvider<T>

Defines an authentication provider.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Sergio del Amo, Graeme Rocher

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
org.reactivestreams.Publisher<AuthenticationResponse>	authenticate(T httpRequest, AuthenticationRequest<?,?> authenticationRequest)	Authenticates a user with the given request.

Method Details

authenticate

org.reactivestreams.Publisher<AuthenticationResponse> authenticate(@Nullable
 T httpRequest,
 AuthenticationRequest<?,?> authenticationRequest)

Authenticates a user with the given request. If a successful authentication is returned, the object must be an instance of Authentication. Publishers MUST emit cold observables! This method will be called for all authenticators for each authentication request and it is assumed no work will be done until the publisher is subscribed to.

Parameters:

httpRequest - The http request

authenticationRequest - The credentials to authenticate

Returns:

A publisher that emits 0 or 1 responses