com.example.helloworld.auth

Class ExampleAuthenticator

java.lang.Object

com.example.helloworld.auth.ExampleAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Authenticator<BasicCredentials,User>

public class ExampleAuthenticator
extends Object
implements Authenticator<BasicCredentials,User>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ExampleAuthenticator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Optional<User>	authenticate(BasicCredentials credentials) Given a set of user-provided credentials, return an optional principal.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ExampleAuthenticator

public ExampleAuthenticator()

Method Detail

authenticate

public Optional<User> authenticate(BasicCredentials credentials)
                            throws AuthenticationException

Description copied from interface: Authenticator

Given a set of user-provided credentials, return an optional principal. If the credentials are valid and map to a principal, returns an Optional.of(Object). If the credentials are invalid, returns an Optional.empty().

Specified by:

authenticate in interface Authenticator<BasicCredentials,User>

Parameters:

credentials - a set of user-provided credentials

Returns:

either an authenticated principal or an absent optional

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if the credentials cannot be authenticated due to an underlying error