Interface AuthenticationProvider<T>
- Type Parameters:
T
- Request
- All Known Implementing Classes:
LdapAuthenticationProvider
,OauthPasswordAuthenticationProvider
,OpenIdPasswordAuthenticationProvider
public interface AuthenticationProvider<T>
Defines an authentication provider.
- Since:
- 1.0
- Author:
- Sergio del Amo, Graeme Rocher
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionorg.reactivestreams.Publisher<AuthenticationResponse>
authenticate
(T httpRequest, AuthenticationRequest<?, ?> authenticationRequest) Authenticates a user with the given request.
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Method Details
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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 ofAuthentication
. 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 requestauthenticationRequest
- The credentials to authenticate- Returns:
- A publisher that emits 0 or 1 responses
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