AuthnProvider (Conjur 3.0.5 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthnClient, AuthnTokenClient
```
public interface AuthnProvider
```
Provides Conjur authentication tokens.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Token`	`authenticate()`	Return an authentication token.
`Token`	`authenticate(boolean useCachedToken)`	Return an authentication token.

- Method Detail
  - authenticate
```
Token authenticate()
```
    Return an authentication token. This method should be equivalent to authenticate(true) if the implementation supports token caching.
    
    Returns:
    
    a Conjur authentication token
  - authenticate
```
Token authenticate(boolean useCachedToken)
```
    Return an authentication token. If the implementation supports token caching and useCachedToken is true, it should return a cached token if a valid (non-expired) one is available. If useCachedToken is false, it should always fetch a fresh token from the Conjur authn service.
    
    Parameters:
    
    useCachedToken - whether to use a cached token.
    
    Returns:
    
    a Conjur authentication token